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

2

front; frontage; facade; main

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marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

1

oath; vow

1

kiss

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

4

that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...

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context (of a passage)

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

6

real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

1

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

1

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about

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accurate; correct; precise; exact

2

bright; intelligent

1

person of high rank or position

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to increase; to multiply

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victim; injured party; sufferer

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

2

looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward

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top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

2

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

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error; mistake; slip; bug

1

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

3

losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

4

peace; harmony

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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to stretch (one's body)

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narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

myself

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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