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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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to take advantage of (someone's) weakness

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positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

2

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

end of an eyebrow

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faint, ironic or bittersweet smile

1

dim; dusky; gloomy

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the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

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mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

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state secrets; secrets of the state

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accomplishment; execution

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private first class (JGSDF)

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disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

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harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good

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project

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to drag in; to pull in

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minority; (sexual, ethnic) minority; minority group

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Supermajority

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

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well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)

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missionary

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makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

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superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

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to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

2

this world; this life; world of the living

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aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

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each; every

2

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance

2

to hit hard; to strike hard

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fourth

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

3

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

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in this way; like this

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

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unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

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fog; mist; spray

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to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

one year and a half

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classmate

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character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae

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(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

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to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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relative

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