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preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

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canoe

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to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

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content of a letter

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frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

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amount of sugar; sugar content

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coffee

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coffee jelly; coffee jello; gelled sweetened coffee dessert

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wall clock; grandfather clock

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agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

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competition; rivalry; something worth doing

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look, look!

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unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

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to get irritated

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somewhat below; slightly below

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difficult to eat; unpalatable

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mille-feuille (type of pastry)

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totally; completely

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

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to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

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opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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outcast; odd man out; pariah

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lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness

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to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

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substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

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space (room, area, outer space)

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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real time

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lunch box

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curried pilaf; dry curry

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to smile broadly; to grin widely

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is there anything else?

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gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by

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psychology

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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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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sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together

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food expense

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remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

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payment in kind

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