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personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)

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ball-point pen

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note; memo; memorandum

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

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discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

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sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable

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puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

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precondition; prerequisite

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meaning; significance

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gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting

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disapproval

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to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

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giving a broad smile

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly

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to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

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insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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late at night

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punishment; penalty

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to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

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about this time

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

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moaning; muttering; complaining

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planter

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(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

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to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

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at some point in the past; at some stage

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windowpane; window glass

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shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

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night; nighttime

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pitch dark; total darkness

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slightly early; just before

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to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

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to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

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goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

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iron railing or fence

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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

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day after day; every day

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inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)

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approach; approach shot

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distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

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