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way in the past; two (or so) decades (ago)

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show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

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servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

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noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague

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The Flea Waltz (piano piece); Der Flohwalzer; Chopsticks

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lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede

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black key (on a piano, organ, etc.)

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to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

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gridiron; griddle; grill

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starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

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crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

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to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

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to pour forth; to spill out

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arpeggio

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composer

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Caroline; Karoline

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honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)

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stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual

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Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)

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to keep running

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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less than; under; short of; insufficient; lacking

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day (as in holiday); daytime

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professor; teaching; instruction

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nursing school; nursing college

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(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN

4

junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

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advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)

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because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

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quadruped walking; walking on four legs

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moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

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fighting alone

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counselor; counsellor

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discount price; special offer price

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corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

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to shine

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sentiment; sentimentality

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specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

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to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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distant

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

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common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar

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damn; drats; crap

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