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to use and then throw away

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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appearance; air; condition; state; form

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allegiance; obedience; submission

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

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brainwashing

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to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

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attack forces

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decision; determination

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second (unit of time); arc second

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inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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language

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superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

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beam; light ray

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firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

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aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

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certainly; surely; definitely

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(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

2

unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

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to prostrate oneself before

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

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transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)

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(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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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.)

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moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

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this for sure; certainly is

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long; (for a) long time

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not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

2

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

3

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

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slow; weak-headed

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the same; the said; likewise

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

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to talk; to carry meaning

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by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all

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enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado

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to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

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brains; brain tissue

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

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tactics

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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to be lacking in options; to be too few

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a certain ...

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