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substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon

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kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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Claude Shannon

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predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out

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Shannon

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nonpayment; default

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end of the month

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direct debit; account-to-account transfer

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fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch

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don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control

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rear; back; reverse

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terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)

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local area network; LAN

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near; nearby; not far off

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roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

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entrance; front door

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aunt

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inside the encampment; within the camp

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landlord; landlady

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missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

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Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

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rent arrears; falling behind on rent payment

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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Chinese herbal medicine

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savior; saviour; rescuer; Messiah; Jesus Christ

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invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

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to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down

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bragging; showing off; pride

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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keeping things tidy and in order

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plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle

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(not) a single person; (no) one

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collection of books; (personal) library

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5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many

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you'll pay for this!; you'd better keep your mouth shut!; you won't get away with this!

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to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

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ransom

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athlete

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open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

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delivery; transfer; hand-over

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laughing matter

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to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by

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crude drug; natural drug; galenical

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by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus

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how; in what way; I wonder

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