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to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

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palace visit

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newly appointed; inaugural

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ambassador

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to hold; to maintain

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homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

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kingdom; monarchy

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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narrow escape from death

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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plain meal

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to be palatable; to suit one's taste

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(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

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ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

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inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

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wooden pipe; wooden bobbin; woodwind instrument

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to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound

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cook

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to get credit; to win honor; to win honour

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another place

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to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

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gardener

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heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature

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retainer; vassal; servant

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uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

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exaggeration

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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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one-year-old; one year old

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official business; public business

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retirement

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(national) capital (city); metropolis

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(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)

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pointing out; identification

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to compare

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dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

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waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

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sitting with one's superior; in attendance with one's superior

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mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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double chin

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proletariat; lower classes

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vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant

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distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

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to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

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for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

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lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

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(divine) revelation; divine oracle

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rational; reasonable; logical

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