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to be right on target; to strike it rich

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back off!; leave me alone!

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(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

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long visit; overstaying

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playmate; playfellow

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to be reliable

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requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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one's social position; one's place; one's standing

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to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

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improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

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later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

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(Catholic) Mass

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care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

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to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

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to tame; to win over

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attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

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former wife; late wife

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second wife

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to run around; to bustle about

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taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

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to hear of; to learn of

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going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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to expel; to drive out

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youth; young man

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useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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law; rule

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bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

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near oneself; close to one; familiar

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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recent situation or conditions

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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contribution; donation

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coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

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ticklish; embarrassing

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to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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