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technological innovation

3

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

2

breakthrough

5

big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak

1

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

2

artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact

1

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

1

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

7

beef stew

1

beef

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nikujaga; meat and potato stew

1

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

2

to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)

1

law of conservation of energy

1

cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

1

split; division; break up

3

energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

6

beyond human understanding

1

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

6

self-contradiction

1

betting; gambling

1

dice; die

2

even number

1

total lie; downright lie

2

precognition; prescience

3

high salary

3

to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood

1

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

2

magician; conjurer

1

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

1

this kind

1

liar; fibber; lying

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure

1

novelty (patentability requirement)

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

3

absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing

1

sales message; sales copy

1

realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation

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karma from a previous existence

1

above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

2

shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

4

gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie

1

hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

1

smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked

1

springy (texture); puffy

1

gluten

1

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

soaking (fabric) in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam; blanching (food); parboiling

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

3