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notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology

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today; this day

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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scoop

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

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charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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viewer; (television) audience

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intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

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pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

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to leave the room

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bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

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power; authority; jurisdiction

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confrontation; showdown

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to need; to call for; to require

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to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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sensational

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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semicircle

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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mere; only; just; slight

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distance; range

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lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

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bullet (from a rifle)

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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inside; within

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doctor's office; medical office; sickbay

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

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painkiller

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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sleeping face

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changing assignments

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to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

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in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

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