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black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

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-esque; -like; -ish

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corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text

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looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

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to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely

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delicious; tasty; good; nice

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to put to sleep; to kill

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beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

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easily; in no time; effortlessly

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which; well; now; c'mon

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location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

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encyclopedia; encyclopaedia

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how many words

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big shot; higher-ups

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin

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lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake

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Hereford (cattle breed)

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hawk; falcon

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in this way; along these lines; similarly

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wounded person; injured person

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all-nighter; staying up all night

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(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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to make one feel grateful

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heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope

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since then; from that time; ever since

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abominable; detestable

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saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

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refrain

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call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

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establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

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fitness

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favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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kickboard; flutterboard; float

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heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant

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ordinary person; unenlightened person

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reverence; awe; respect

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that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me

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warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises

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jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced

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suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water

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flutter kick (swimming); the thrash

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physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength

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poolside

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ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

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to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of

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deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager

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