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Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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as everyone knows; needless to point out

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Vietnam War (1955-1975)

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countries concerned (involved)

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Laos

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end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

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communist bloc; Iron Curtain

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

7

socialism

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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reform; renovation

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political measures; policy

1

considerably; fairly; quite

3

opening up of a market; market liberalization

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

2

fast food

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fast fashion

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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Tokyo

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

5

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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10,000; ten thousand

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South China Sea

1

multipurpose; multiuse

1

source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

5

to talk; to chat; to chatter

5

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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reason; pretext; motive

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

6

honorific/polite/humble prefix

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

3

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

spring roll

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glutinous rice

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vodka

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superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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minor; not of age

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to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone

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