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to stop crying; to cry oneself out

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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have a happy New Year

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(very) beginning; start

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to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard

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break (from work, etc.); recess

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Sherlock Holmes

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Conan

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The Strand Magazine

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in a magazine

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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in order; sequential; seriatim

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bestseller

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situation

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consideration; taking into account

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original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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early (days); initial stage; initial

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long (e.g. novel, film)

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The Sign of Four (novel by Conan Doyle)

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892 collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle)

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original text; source book; draft

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complete works; complete collection; complete series

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reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

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to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

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discrimination; judgement; judgment; separation; sorting

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Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)

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to refer to; to use as reference

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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Cock Robin

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lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

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fancy

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the very start; the very beginning

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voluntary restraints; self-limitation

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

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as one promised

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date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

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to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

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high quality

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sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

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original story; original version; this volume

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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paradise; Eden; Elysium

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one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

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