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talking about memories; reminiscences

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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letter of introduction

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to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

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successor; replacement; second wife

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to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)

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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

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when; how soon; how long until

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pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)

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riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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hiding; concealment

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overriding principle; main principle; great principle

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principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

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very great; enormous; serious

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supervised; under surveillance

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war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat

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big shot; higher-ups

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United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

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taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

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conference room; council room

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trial; judgement; judgment

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department head; division manager; head of a department

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parade

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enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)

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when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; (lit.) there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up

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conference room; place of assembly

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

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bombshell announcement; bombshell statement

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assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

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every day and every night

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk

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to say; to be pleased to say

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acquittal

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free pass

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one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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to crack (person's voice); to squeak

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more than one can eat

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brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

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huh; I'll be damned; well!

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temporary absence from school

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remote control; remote operation

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terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)

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equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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doll maker

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to die; to ascend to heaven

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used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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