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to answer a question

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preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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to underrate; to make light of

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early afternoon

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fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

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one's home country; one's homeland

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master swordsman

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following month

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boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

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tapestry; wall hanging; banner

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mere; only a ...

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suitable age

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weakening; emaciation; decline

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to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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

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behaviour; behavior

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mistress; kept woman; concubine

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extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up

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cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

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dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

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extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

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enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

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to pick on; to tease

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dangerous; risky

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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Marchais

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sense of duty (obligation)

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to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

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suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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professional duties

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hawk; falcon

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loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness

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serf

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one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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ring (shaped); circular

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hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn

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to be doing; to be in the process of doing

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession

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fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

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