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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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economical; efficient; lean; compact

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wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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different opinion; objection

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

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ability; capability; skill

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to spread; to be propagated

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spotlight

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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redistribution

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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student (esp. a university student)

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explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

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mid-stream; middle course; middle class

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boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

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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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study; research; 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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labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

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a few years later

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graduate; alumnus

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

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we

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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unprecedented; record-breaking

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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Western (film genre)

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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eavesdropping; tapping

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person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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twitching

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oh; ah

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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