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Merry Christmas

3

couple

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all; everyone; everybody

4

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

2

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

2

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

to answer; to reply

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notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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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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handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

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Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

4

alarm

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

2

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

2

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

until now; so far; up to the present

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(not) even once; (not) ever

1

chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

1

marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

2

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

1

to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

2

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

2

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

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infancy; childhood; tender age

3

seal; sticker

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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addition; supplement; appending; appendix

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

2

who the heck; just who

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

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