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complete change; about-face

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fake smile; false smile

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genuine; authentic; true; real

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to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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youth; minor; young people

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judge

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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road; highway

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(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

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with a creak; with a squeak; (packing) tightly; with a squeeze; relentlessly (criticize, complain, etc.); severely

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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having an expert eye

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery

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to take time

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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vertical; perpendicular

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to throw up (in the air)

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wrapping paper

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very popular; highly favoured

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to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

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tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)

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guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

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the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

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to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

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returned goods; returning purchased goods

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popular

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to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down

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slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

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fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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price; value; cost

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to badger; to pester; to beg

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lame; uncool; unstylish

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to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

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human trafficking; slave trade

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labor; labour; work; Labour Party

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flat-out run; driving at full speed

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