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bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor

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to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

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(in) one's own way

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resultant; consequential

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to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

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the real criminal; true culprit

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dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

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unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

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order; turn

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shit!; damn!

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emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

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whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

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spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

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chill; the shivers; shivering fit

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to run about; to rush about

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unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

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to peek; to peep

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

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lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly

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compared with

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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in great numbers

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military service; combat experience

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also called

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appearance; figure; shape; form

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to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

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despair; hopelessness

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soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

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how can (one) do something

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guess; speculation; supposition

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unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely

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kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

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family register; census

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strongest

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there is no way that ...; easy; simple

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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