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hemisphere

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objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio

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mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

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area; region

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wide; broad

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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to remake; to rebuild

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note; memo; memorandum

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to send (rain); to shed

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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nimble; quick; agile

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin

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pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

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elf

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hat; cap

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rather than

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dress

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hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

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Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25

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corridor; hallway; passageway

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(gaping) widely

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to hold in one's mouth

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snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas

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hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible

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drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

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lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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(once) again

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forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

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innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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baked sweets

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shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

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hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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after dinner

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next day

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to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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