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to increase; to multiply

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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mid-stream; middle course; middle class

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home; household; family; hearth

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boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

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poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

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research; study; investigation

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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university graduate; having graduated from university

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graduate-school graduate

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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one's post; place of work; workplace

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labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

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a few years later

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to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime

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one's home; one's house

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and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

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graduate; alumnus; alumna

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

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woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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but; however; although

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tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

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to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

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