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to sidle up to

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tape

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wrapping paper

2

to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

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athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

child's mind; child's heart; young mind

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

7

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

1

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

2

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

eatery; restaurant

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

number; series of digits

1

to turn off power

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

1

to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

4

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

1

to pep up; to cheer up

1

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

1

sneaker; sneakers; trainers

1

behind one's back

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point-blank range

1

out of character; unlike one

1

cancer

2

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

2

making no progress; getting nowhere; remaining unsettled

1

decision; determination; resolution

2

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

2

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

family-oriented; familial

1

hating; strongly disliking

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river; stream; River; the ... river

1

in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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birthday present

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