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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

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to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

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book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

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monthly publication; monthly issue

2

know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack

2

special feature article

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short-term

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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part; part-timer; part-time (work)

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shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

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young person

3

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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heading; headline; index; headword

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boldface; bold-type; thick characters

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Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic

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article; news story; report; account

3

rampancy; prevalence; domination

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one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification

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subheading; subtitle

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pen

3

pessimistic; gloomy

2

the Japanese islands

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crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

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enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

3

fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory

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unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...

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year before last

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only son

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omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

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technical; technological; practical

2

to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

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front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

3

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

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very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

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anger; wrath

2

double standard

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to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

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plural; multiple; plural (number)

4

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

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to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

2

only; just

3

large number (of); many; majority

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the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

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