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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order

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agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

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suspicion

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sexual harassment

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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left ear

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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compensation

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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from now on; hereafter

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to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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reason; cause; circumstances

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)

1

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

3

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

2

gossip; corner of the mouth

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

2

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

2

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

leading question

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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frightening; terrifying

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to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

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self-consciousness; self-awareness

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

2

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

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approximately the same

1

pitch black

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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every week

3

meeting

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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