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arts and crafts; artistic handicraft; fine and applied art

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winning a prize or place (in a contest)

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achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

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genre; category; kind

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dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)

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coincident with; while; simultaneously

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desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

3

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

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holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

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stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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tea ceremony; Way of Tea

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flower arrangement

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marriage proposal; marriage talks

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice

3

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

3

to obtain; to procure

1

anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

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insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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digression; many divergences

3

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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success; hit

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to cultivate; to foster

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personal connections

2

wealthy people; the rich

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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good-quality; superior in quality

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to sell

2

support

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rising; up-and-coming

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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purchase; buy

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word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

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that is to say; so that means

2

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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if it's the case

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effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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by the end of the year

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