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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

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rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

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grandpa; granddad

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

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patrol

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

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tax; duty

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family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

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trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

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gasoline; petrol

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waste; extravagance

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borrowing; debt; loan

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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Tandoori chicken

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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liar; fibber

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

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three times

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had better do so

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

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flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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strength; power; proficiency; ability

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ancient Japanese martial arts

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to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

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

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to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

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female university student; female college student

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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head; brains; intellect; understanding

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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only daughter

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guard; security (officer); guardsman

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to throw away

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking

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and; AND (Boolean operator)

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Bette

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to go to meet somebody

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