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beginning of the year; early in the New Year

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press conference; news conference

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training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)

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interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

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surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

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opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum

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climax; peak; zenith; apex

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approval; assent

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regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

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headwind; adverse wind

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substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

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neither

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bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

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censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

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staying behind; remaining; residual

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equality; impartiality; evenness

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draft; rough copy

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to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

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monopolistic; exclusive

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major incident; major happening; big scandal

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wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

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previous remarks

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mandate

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to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

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leader; central personage

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to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

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to build; to construct

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founding of a nation

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old age; advanced age

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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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to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

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load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

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to play a central role; to take a leading part

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to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

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to be resolved; to make up one's mind; to steel oneself; to come to a decision

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big job; great task

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(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty

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profoundly memorable

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working; in operation; running; active

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first; new

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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

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grim face

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grim face; angry look

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(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

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willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord

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for the first time in one's life

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to come and go; to go back and forth

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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