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planet; dark horse

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meteor swarm; meteor shower

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to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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rush; flood; deluge

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decision; determination

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meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator

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successively; one after another

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triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

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high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

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to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

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several minutes; a few minutes

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

1

100,000; hundred thousand

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inner canthus; inner corner of the eye

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ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

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to be misleading

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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big shot; higher-ups

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entirely; completely; all; nothing but

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in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

7

to speak; to hear a voice

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

letter of resignation

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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to laugh away; to laugh off

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next month

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bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl

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convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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to be consistent; to be coherent

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disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

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to take on a role; to take part

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actually; really

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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big news; important news

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seven o'clock

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chat; desultory conversation

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inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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