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player (of a sport); athlete; team member

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piroshki (Russian pierogi; meat and eggs, etc. baked in bread)

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curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll

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mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)

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sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

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mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

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to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

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look; glance; (at first) sight

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standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

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to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

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gourmand; epicure

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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sleeping late in the morning

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a morning drink (of sake)

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morning bath

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loveable; very likeable; like very much

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shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

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yes

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mademoiselle

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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white porcelain

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to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)

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girls' talk

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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making light of; disregarding

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to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

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soapsuds; lather

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contrast; comparison

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all; everything

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to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited

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cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

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to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

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devoted; self-sacrificing

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at someone's (something's) mercy

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

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to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

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fumbling; groping

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to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

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in three days' time; two days after tomorrow

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soft sound; dampening (of sound)

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stopper

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halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

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way to shoot; how to shoot

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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