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pleasant talk; chat

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also called

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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detailed; minute; articulate

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ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

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looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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as good as new

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cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

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raging storm

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to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

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pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint

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manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously

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lumber; timber; wood

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soul; spirit

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Whitman

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publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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change; transition; vicissitudes

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to dry

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seeming sad

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empty; vacant; hollow

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to change one's mind

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administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

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alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

2

these

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Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

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Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

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rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

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to grow old; to age

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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fake (work); counterfeit

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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book

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

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since then

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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to step aside

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to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with

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old gentleman; elderly gentleman

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notice; notification

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen

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kind; kind-hearted

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to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

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to become brilliant; to become cheerful

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

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