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newspaper

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cockroach

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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golden rule

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

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corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

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seafood

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to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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suspension (from work or school)

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doughnut; donut

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comic strip with dramatic story

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jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

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to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

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(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping

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to suffer a loss

1

register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster

1

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

4

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

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Cramer; Kramer

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dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

taking a western route; west circuit; travelling the globe westwards; going from east to west

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within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

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domestic air route; domestic airline (company)

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slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense

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plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

price decision; price setting; pricing

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

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(social) position; status

2

to yell; to rant; to rave

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manners; etiquette

2

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

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foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting

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interference in the domestic affairs of another country

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security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)

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freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes

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directions; instructions; orders; command

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upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

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immature; childish

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belligerent

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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