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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

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completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

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orange juice

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good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

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high-class item

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packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck

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to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

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shoes

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reason; logic; sense; truth; right

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cause; origin; source

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to taste; to try (food or drink)

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shrill voice

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

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unless one ...; if one does not ...

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crowd of people

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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distant look; faraway look

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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to give a broad grin; to smirk

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

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little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

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real harm; actual damage

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short play; skit

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

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assassin; to assassinate

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outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

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imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

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back of head

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boy; man; male

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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careful observation; close attention

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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to tear off; to rip off

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vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

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indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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