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no!; don't!; tsk!

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an eye for an eye

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tooth

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compliance

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Mesopotamian civilization (civilisation)

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manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)

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weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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to make a profit

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forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that

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to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

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sincerity; good faith

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valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

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unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

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partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink

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definite

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

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process; course; mechanism

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refutation; rebuttal; retort

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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smile

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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extra; excess; surplus

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just the other day; quite recently

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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instinctive; instinctual

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dazzling; radiant

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self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

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to take into consideration; to bear in mind

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

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downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.

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sophistry; sophism

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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hard to get; hard to come by

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blindness

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

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very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

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solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout

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knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

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