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if I (we, etc.) could

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foreign language

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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suspicious character (person, figure)

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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updating a software version; version upgrade; upgrading

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ultimate; final; last; eventual

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

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perfect; complete; flawless

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high-technology; high-tech

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in detail; with great care; completely; fully

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depending on; dependent on

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obstacle; hurdle

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seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

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and yet; despite (all) that

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food storage; provision store; pantry

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Earth; the globe

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apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

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stray cat; alley cat

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

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flower bed

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group; mass

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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animal protection

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(a place) out of one's reach

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asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

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pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling

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birdcage

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weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

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affectation; pretension

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affectation; showiness; pretence

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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sheep (Ovis aries)

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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wild boar; wild pig

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pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

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to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

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to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

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such; this sort of; like this

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

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