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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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three; 3

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

3

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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just before

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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-years-old

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occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

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novelist; fiction writer

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pen-name

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one's high school days

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a certain ...

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light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

4

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

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Rookie of the Year award

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big prize; first prize

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most; extremely

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

2

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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winning (a prize)

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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before now; hitherto

3

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

counter for books; volume

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publication

3

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

3

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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considerably; fairly; quite

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caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something

2

making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

2

turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version

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turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

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experience

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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seven o'clock

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rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

1

breakfast

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

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