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love affair

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strip-searching; security check

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White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day

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on the rocks

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children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together

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credit-card loan

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to crumble away; to collapse

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(nothing) but a little

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sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

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to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

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sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

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mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy

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de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage

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after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

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unhappy

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cameraphobia; dislike of having one's photograph taken

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photo frame (with stand)

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speed dialing

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relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love

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to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

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to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)

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Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir

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jingle (i.e. in a television commercial)

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the feeling between (new) lovers

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right in the middle (of); midst; height

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Christmas card

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good-natured; of good character

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to pluck; to pick; to nip off

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disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off

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fadeout

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Christmas present

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skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping

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Aquarius (constellation); the Water Carrier; the Water Bearer

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single room; own room

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mistake

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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cancellation charge; cancellation fee

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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to be worth it; to pay

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overlap

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large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

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de facto marriage; common-law marriage

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term deposit; (fixed) time deposit

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economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances

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insisting

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self-pity

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one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

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