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songwriting (words and music)

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clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships

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laughing matter

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feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles

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(writing) song lyrics

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all sorts of; all kinds of

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Minamimorimachi Station

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escape; evasion; flight

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sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism

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patient

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Pec (Serbia)

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with these words; while saying

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reprinting; rerecording

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just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

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to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

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tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

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negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)

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songstress; diva

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mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

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take (e.g. in film-making)

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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secret weapon

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needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

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to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

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(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

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booth

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fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

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to start singing

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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in high spirits; excited; energetic

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ending

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instrumental; instructions; instructing; installation (esp. software)

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vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer

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user interface; UI

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incorporating; inserting; nesting (e.g. of matryoshka dolls); nest; square offering tray made of unvarnished wood (three per nested set); latticed ceiling

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one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

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gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

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to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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to stretch out

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great success; huge success

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bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

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(Saint) Valentine

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surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

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cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent

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ribbon

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to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working

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