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to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

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old friend

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

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acquaintance

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government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)

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to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved

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(appropriate for) one's age

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bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful

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vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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taste; liking; preference

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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

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to take measures; to take steps

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space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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superior; superiors; senior

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as far as I know

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

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parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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contract; compact; agreement

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to shade an account; to add something extra

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thank you

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to engrave; to carve out

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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to become clear; to be made public

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to bear; to endure

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hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

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to meet; to assemble; to congregate

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talent; ability

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shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

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to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

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challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

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reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

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to collide; to clash

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

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