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dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

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reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

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leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

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store interior; inside of a shop

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

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to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

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multi-course menu; multi-course dining

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plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

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steak

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very much; exceedingly; extremely

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flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

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clink; clatter; clang

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tableware

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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partner

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follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

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to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

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chopsticks

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inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

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embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

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knockout

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

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shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

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stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

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rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

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to be opposite; to face each other

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arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

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next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

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being startled; getting a shock

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to compare with the eye

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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