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cultural differences

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catching fire (from next door); spreading fire

1

affinity

1

carrier; conveyor

1

training period; residency (esp. medical); internship

1

to spread salt (to spiritually purify)

1

places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

1

adherence (to custom, tradition)

4

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

4

connected as one; unbroken; linked together

2

invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten

2

to burn off

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arrhythmia; intermittent pulse

1

I'm ready for anything; leave it to me; bring it!

1

red brick

7

lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure

2

beak; bill

1

reserve corps

1

morning mist

1

additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

2

oil content

1

axis; pivot; central figure; key man

1

settling down; quieting down; cooling down; stillness; quiet; tranquility

1

Tom; Thom; Tomu

4

division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties

4

cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead

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ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

1

going the wrong way; traveling in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running in reverse (of a motor, engine, etc.)

1

to blunt; to dull; to weaken

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crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

4

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

6

house search; search of the premises

1

inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus

1

the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

1

daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly

2

to gasp in surprise

1

nightgown

1

to engrave; to carve out

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to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

1

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

3

Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka

1

malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked

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cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

3

despicable

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to repent; to be penitent

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matter for great congratulation

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it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

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