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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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wise saying; famous saying; witty remark

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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health and physical education

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

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squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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damn it!; dang it!; darn it!; bring it on!

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to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform

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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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(one's) figure; build; physique; style

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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water's edge; beach; foreshore

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developed country; advanced country

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developing country

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before long; even now

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advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior

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quarrel; dispute

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half a point (esp. in go)

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to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

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Third World

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to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

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utmost limit; extremity; result

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19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton

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alliance; union; league

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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poof

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to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over

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lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

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beach volleyball

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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sport; sports

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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coat; coating

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division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie

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to count on one's fingers

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start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff

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innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

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to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree

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careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

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happy

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happiness

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under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat

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choice; selection

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce

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another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

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blessing; grace

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