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to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request

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disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

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to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

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old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

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folding one's arms

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to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up

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tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

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printing (e.g. photos); glazing; enamelling; baking

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it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...

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marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard

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smirkingly; smugly; broadly

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acquaintance

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overhasty; rash; premature

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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yes it is!; it surely is; certainly

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copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

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(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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all; everyone; everybody

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baby; infant

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pregnancy; conception; gestation

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doctor

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to be jealous; to be envious

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roguish; impish

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making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling

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involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

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the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

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insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

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first meeting; first interview with

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assuming that ...; supposing that ...

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inquiry; enquiry; hearing

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trivial; trifling

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favour; favor

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belatedly; though a little too late

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reddish-brown

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Persian carpet

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furnishings; implements; equipment

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Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)

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natural (ability)

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brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

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to catch one's attention

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the former; the first

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intimate; close

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the latter; the second; successor; descendant

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