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to play one's trump card

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all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

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companion

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we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from

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innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

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female professional; mistress (in a field)

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influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

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catchphrase

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investigator; one who seeks the way

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kind; kind-hearted

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very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

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conflict; complication; troubles; discord

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was; were

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apropos of nothing; to change the subject

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lead (Pb)

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independence; autonomy; self-reliance

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little

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interim report

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boastful speech; bragging

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'ra'-removed; the practice of dropping the 'ra' in potential forms like 'taberareru'

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thanks

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please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

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Go To Travel (government subsidy encouraging domestic travel during the COVID-19 pandemic)

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if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged

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certainly; by all means

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excellent luck

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(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention

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unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

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good news

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you

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nosebleed

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isn't it?

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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central nervous system; CNS

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with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new

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delivery

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horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart

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deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable

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how are you?

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very bad condition; (in) terrible form; serious slump

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raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

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breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)

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salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

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bursting at the seams; bulging; snip-snip (of scissors)

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

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practice, practice, practice; (only) practice makes perfect

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pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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