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ha ha ha (laughter)

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series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

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store; shop; restaurant

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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premises search; household search

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arrestee; person arrested

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to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

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what

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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considerably; fairly; quite

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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until now; so far; up to the present

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cooperation; collaboration

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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however; but

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to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

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subordinate person

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suicide

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end; close; termination

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opinion; point of view

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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ringtone

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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answering machine; answer phone

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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to answer the phone

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch

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