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to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

1

olive green; greenish brown

1

ahem

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with a slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack

1

male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations

1

passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

3

large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)

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counter for books; volume

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movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

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handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted

1

classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping

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the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

3

enumeration; list

1

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

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behavioral pattern

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to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

none of your business; not your concern

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a little

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to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

3

teary eyes

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change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

1

prenatal influence of the mother on her unborn baby; teaching one's unborn baby (e.g. by playing music, etc.)

1

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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to lose one's footing; to slip

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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jumping to a wrong conclusion

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most difficult; next to impossible

1

the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

demanding; difficult; strict

1

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

1

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

2

winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs

1

to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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voyage; passage; travelling

1

concentration; density; cardinality

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anxiety; worry; fear

1

with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind

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experienced; already had an experience (with something)

1

to get over; to forget

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process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

3

textbook; manual

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title

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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