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pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues

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unhappy; sad; gloomy

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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eye contact

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oratory; eloquence

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birthday

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-years-old

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beauty of style; beauty of form

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to be accepted by a university

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blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

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coming to nothing

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studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

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change in the law; legal reform

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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how; in what way; circumstances

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wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location

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Shinto shrine

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Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

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pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up

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corner of the eye

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to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

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true character; real nature

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ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

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uropod

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chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that

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social standing

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otherwise; or else; if not

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what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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angry roar; bellow

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as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

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faint smile; half smile

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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high-pitched; shrill

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to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

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to shed tears

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off

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extremely; highly

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ordinary; sensible; commonplace

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as before; as ever; as it was originally

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magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

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