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to take a veneer off something

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school term; semester

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opening ceremony (of the school term)

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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annual (plant); first-year student

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depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

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to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath

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street performing

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to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation

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at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

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to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

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Zito

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mother's milk

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air sac (birds, insects, etc.); gasbag (airship); envelope

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complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

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scene; spectacle; sight; view

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space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

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having said that; on the other hand

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to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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catch and release (fishing)

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fisherman

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angler; Internet troll

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attachment (to); tenacity of purpose

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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pleasant; charming

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one meal; one meal (a day)

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gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

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combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable

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methane gas

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ignition; catching fire; setting on fire

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the ... in question

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

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manners; behavior; behaviour

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springy (texture); doughy; elastic

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each person

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memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

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to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

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first challenge; first try

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

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number two; mistress; concubine

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all you want; as much as one wants

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