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inefficient

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to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional

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efficiency

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

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labor saving; labour saving

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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(not) even; (not) any

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earphone

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to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

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to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool

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stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage

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security firm; security company

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being on duty; person on duty

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shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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forgetting; lapse of memory

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notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

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simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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gossip; idle talk; chat

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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detention pending trial; confinement; custody

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parolee; person on parole (from prison)

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copybook; model; pattern

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faltering; hesitation

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reputation; public opinion

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prefectural assembly

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taking up a new post

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critical moment; do-or-die situation

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

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to gaze long at

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

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to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

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dirt; filth; grime

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

4

one's assessment of the situation

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obstruction; hindrance

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changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)

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every person; each one; everybody

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

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lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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