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French (language)

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access counter; Web counter

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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ambassador

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free speech; freedom of speech

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far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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centre of attention; center of attention

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report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

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CNN; Cable News Network

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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avalanche; snowslide

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web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage

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implementor; author

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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shoulders and elbows

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looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

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web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web

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diary; journal

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to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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furthermore; even more

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fund-raising; collection of funds

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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does not

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worthlessness

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bottom of one's heart

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)

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telegram

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content of a letter

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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one by one; in detail; minutely

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self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

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blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

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(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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Beijing (China); Peking

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to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge

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to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

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near; close by; within reach; familiar

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

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two weeks; fortnight

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

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in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

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forced repatriation; deportation

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wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

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