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item; something that one "just has to have"

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to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

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thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

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bright; intelligent

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

wise; clever; smart

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to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

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means; way; measure

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adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills

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if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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the same kind; accomplice; partner

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both; (not) either

2

one's high school days

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cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

1

to originate with; to start with; to stem from

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

2

seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

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to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

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

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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to have; to possess

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barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

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to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

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from now on; hereafter

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

3

property; fortune; assets

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virtue; charm; merit; good point

1

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

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perception; intuition; the sixth sense

2

meaning; called; said

2

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing

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Manati

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single-sex education

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to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

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bell ringing (chiming)

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deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

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