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shotgun wedding

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wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts

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Audio commentary

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paranoia

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Real-time strategy

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Pasta salad

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know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

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concavity

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cassoulet

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subquest; sub quest

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environmental studies

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green crop; green vegetable

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trendy drama; genre of Japanese television drama made in 80s and 90s that focuses on contemporary, real-life issues

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(outdoor) music festival

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eighteen

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hourly pay; hourly wage

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broken mirror; marital separation; divorce; partially-eclipsed moon

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adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic

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to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

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clay pigeon shooting

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sexy, but still cute

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appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)

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mission school

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to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

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town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community

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wipe (film transition); picture-in-picture; PiP; wipe; tissue

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tiger cub

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Western video game

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

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accept one who comes to you

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Humpty Dumpty

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onomatopoeic word

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passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

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rash guard; rash vest; rashie

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failure is the mother of success

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snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight

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to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

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swap; exchange

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love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

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hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

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lewdness; lewd person; lecher

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marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

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lay-up (in basketball and golf); layup

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to be

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faking crying; crocodile tears

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

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light blue

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newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent

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tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

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