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selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume

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coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room

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Morocco

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deluxe suite

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farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

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elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

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Nilgiri tea

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opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint

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grade; class; degree; magnitude

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to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

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heavily; profoundly

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apple pie

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rightly; properly; moderately

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soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

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wealthy merchant

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master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)

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Mouri Meijin (1966.9.7-)

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My Fair Lady (1956 musical, 1964 movie )

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broke; skint

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drama; play; Chinese opera

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patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

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toilet; lavatory; powder room

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colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

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high-quality goods; luxury item

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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regular customer; general audience; general public

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to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)

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cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture

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to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one

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to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

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comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...

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beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon

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modern

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beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist

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(doing) as one is told

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make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking

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foundation (makeup); foundation garment; foundation (organization); underpainting (in oil painting)

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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comb

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ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

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high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently

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eyeliner

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eyebrow

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to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

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scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

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to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

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contrived; false-sounding

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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