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dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization

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besides; in addition; also; moreover

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to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

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if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

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timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

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hot water; hot bath

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to cheer up

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laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest

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present; gift

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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one's dominant arm

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with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

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to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

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specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

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herb

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ethnic

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coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat)

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to be finished; to be completed; to be done

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shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

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to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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towering; astonishingly high

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throughout; all through; right through

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to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

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vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant

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thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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after a meal

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gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp

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taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

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garbage bag; trash bag; bin bag

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weather; fair weather; fine weather

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to become better; to improve

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it seems that; as if

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white Christmas

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last year

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within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

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established practice; custom

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event; function

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cake

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Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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two or three days

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just past noon; afternoon

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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