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marriageable age; chance of marriage

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marriageable age

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Minerva (Roman goddess)

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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near; close; beside; third person

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to be torn off; to come off

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block (of wood); chip; splinter

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secret technique; secret art

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nothing but; none other than

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to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

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towing (a ship)

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(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

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cold; short; curt; blunt

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admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition

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tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory

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main building

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Leonardo

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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substitution

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thank you very much

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feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

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volt; bolt

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appointing to a responsible post; making much of

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to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

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incubation period

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touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

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harmful; hazardous

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childhood

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lack of self-reliance; depending on others

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LOHAS; Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers

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pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers

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whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz

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to doubt one's own eyes

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awfully; terribly

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baby

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packaging

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having an expert eye

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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in proportion to; according to; depending on

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carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry

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happy family get-together

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