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sealed letter

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes

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attendance; presence; appearance

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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member nation; member state; signatory

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resolution; vote; decision

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waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

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main purpose; primary objective

3

rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

2

inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group

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then; and (then); in that case; if so

3

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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outrageous lie; outright lie

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

2

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

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lesson; precept; teachings; moral

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inside one's heart; in one's mind

3

assembly; aggregation

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election; selection; choice

4

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

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every month; each month; monthly

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so to speak

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overall; general; as a whole

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to make light of; to ignore; to slight

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mutual; reciprocal

2

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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to be led by; to be headed by

2

drought; long spell of dry weather

2

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

typhoon; hurricane

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disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery

1

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

2

goods; articles

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export and import

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conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

3

difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty

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substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

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famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

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food assistance

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