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common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

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lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

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Daniel; Daniele; Danielle; Daniell

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

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reading circle; reading group; book club

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sufficient condition

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necessary condition; requirement

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matching; networking

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or; OR (Boolean operator)

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living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room; laser disc; LD; learning disability; lighting director

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Let It Be (song)

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with

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these days; nowadays; recently

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how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?

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something

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to pile up; to accumulate

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smell(ing) of sweat

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fan site (website run by fans of a celebrity, TV show, etc.); fansite

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novel

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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nuclear warhead

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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship)

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in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

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finish; end; conclusion; landing (in gymnastics)

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all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes

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shabu-shabu; hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce

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spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising

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to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to

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thousand; 1,000

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self-control; self-restraint

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to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

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selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject

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in order; in turn

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

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next time (occasion)

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to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

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sunshine; sunlight

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information session; briefing; explanatory meeting

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open day; open house; day when prospective students can visit a university

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both; together; jointly; simultaneously

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not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

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to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

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feeling as if in a dream

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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