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to bring someone along

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ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)

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stranger; outsider

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flower garden

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example; illustration; precedent

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wages; pay; rental payment

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walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

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ending up right back where one started

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training of new employees

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personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

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annual salary

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uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure

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head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies

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provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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private room

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conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)

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double feature (movie)

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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business; errand; nature of one's business

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rice (esp. when served on a plate)

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exaggeration

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laughingstock; butt of ridicule

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to cook by steam

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sampling food or drink; tasting

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green tea; Japanese tea

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to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

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popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

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déjà vu

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vehement objection; bitter opposition

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pure and innocent; immaculate

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to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront

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unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

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spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level

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to compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)

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ignoring; acting as if it is nothing

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to sob; to be choked with tears

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried

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composition; constitution

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to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

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month after next

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idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

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to cover up; to conceal

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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

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to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to look young and fresh; to be elegant; to look refined; to have a calm and composed appearance

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sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

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guard; girder bridge

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impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

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