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some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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good morning

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being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

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stun gun

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cooperation; collaboration

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

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

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settlement; solution; resolution

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a certain ...; some ...

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all; everyone; everybody

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purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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lunch; midday meal

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article; news story; report; account

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to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

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company; corporation; workplace

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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dozens; scores of; decades

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contribution; donation

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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name; given name; first name

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because of this

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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to move (house); to change residence

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined

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correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

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grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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