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apologetic

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this much; this amount

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paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

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feelings of guilt

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting

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various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

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secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

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to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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enough about ...

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

playboy

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have a good day; take care; see you

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

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to change completely; to change suddenly

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

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follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

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should do; ought to do

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time around sunset; early evening

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

7

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

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alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

8

to catch one's attention

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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(public) park

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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above; more than

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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meanwhile; in the meantime

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to wave back

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to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

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guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

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unnecessary; unneeded

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long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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master; expert

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attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name

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likability; favorability; popularity

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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer

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to be reliable

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to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

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to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

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in a good mood; cheerful

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

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