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pinch hitter

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activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

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sold-out

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trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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you

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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wise; clever; smart

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excessive; immoderate

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eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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timely; opportune; conveniently; in good season

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heap; pile; stack; full measure

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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hungry; starving

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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to jump at; to be attracted by

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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a hard time; pains

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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to spread; to be propagated

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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that's right; that's so

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to distribute; to apportion; to divide

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wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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sensitivity to cold

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

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hot yoga (yoga performed under hot and humid conditions)

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

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LOL; haha

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)

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