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family vacation; family trip

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

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trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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once more; again

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right about-face

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

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intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

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touch; contact

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unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

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dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)

1

to rack one's brains

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perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

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to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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to become better; to improve

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bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

midday; broad daylight

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to meet face-to-face

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forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

apology

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to have a hard time of it

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dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

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shedding tears

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to blank out; to panic

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with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

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pocket

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tissue; facial tissue

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warm; mild; genial

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plop; splash

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to stop crying; to cry oneself out

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many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

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impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

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railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

1

in that way; like that; that way

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

(public) park

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having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

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with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

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to telephone; to make a phone call

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