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to fail to hear; to miss

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press corps

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to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

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to push away; to push aside; to shove

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locking

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to cut off the retreat

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path of retreat

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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front entrance; front door

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qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries

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exemption; exoneration; discharge

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested; busy

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strongest ever; most powerful in history

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peak; peek

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fluke; chance; pure luck

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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socializing; getting on with people; personal relations

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outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

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large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

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establishment; settlement

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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Saeko

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to spit out; to eject; to dump

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped

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remarkable; striking; obvious

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astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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big shot; higher-ups

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having high information content; informative

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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drinking water

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus

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making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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choreographer

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appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)

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ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

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amount of material resources

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separate case; another matter; different matter; another project

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contrary to one's expectations

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rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

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past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

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cellar; cave; hole in the ground

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favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye

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