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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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role-playing game; RPG

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

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ninety; 90

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shit video game; embarrassingly bad video game

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early (days); initial stage; initial

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to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

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to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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allegory; fable; parable

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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intelligence

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thought; consideration; thinking

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privilege; special right

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

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to have (something) innate; to be born with

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

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(one's) life

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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cinders

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the last moment; the very end

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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best in the world

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genius; prodigy; natural gift

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batter

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Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)

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major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

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difference; variation; difference

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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belief that where there's a will, there's a way

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different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

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efficiency

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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passion; enthusiasm; zeal

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compensation; equivalent value; consideration

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knowledge; information

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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accumulation; accumulate; store

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child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

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20 years old

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indispensable; essential

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to give a broad grin; to smirk

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