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confession

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witch trial

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to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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whereunder; thereunder

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welcome home

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to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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drink

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two (long cylindrical things)

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

short course; training

3

potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato

2

limply

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

3

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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review (of learned material); revision

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to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

to be pressed for time

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ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

2

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)

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to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

excessive supply; oversupply

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restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

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to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

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exercises; practice problem

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to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

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subject; curriculum

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to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

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booing

3

half day

3

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

3

superstition; superstitious belief

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occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

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baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

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to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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next

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glancing (look)

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removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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29th day of the month; 29 days

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know

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