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to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

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chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system

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acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

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hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay

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establishment; settlement

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urgent business; pressing need; imperative

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oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

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wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

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breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation

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to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

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rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

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to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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to leave one's seat

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before long

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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spelling; orthography; patching; binding

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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to distract

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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decoration; order; medal

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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big; large; great

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main cause; primary factor

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to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

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(turned out) all right in the end

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covered with; stained; smeared

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to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

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incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)

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to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)

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to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into

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maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast

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in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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straight line

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kick

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

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conflict; complication; troubles; discord

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to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly

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process

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