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battle

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feigned ignorance

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to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)

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melody; chime

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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songwriting (words and music)

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looks; features

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successively; one after another

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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large tree; big tree; huge tree

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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

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both eyes

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should not; must not

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to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

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yearning; longing for; deep affection

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to hate; to detest

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to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

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thought; idea; conception

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to brush off; to shake off

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distrust; unjust suspicion

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to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

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tomato sauce

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spaghetti

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to put into the mouth; to eat

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24 hours; twenty-four hours

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one's manners; one's attitude

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first impression

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crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

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Oh no; Oh dear

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catch; playing catch

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to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

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modern times; the modern age; this day and age

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to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

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to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

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to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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hair; hairline; minor details; comb lines in hair; comb tracks

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carbonated water

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chit; sales slip; voucher

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stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

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bay

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laurel

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horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language

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representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

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(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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