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getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

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full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

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indicate reason; infers some protest

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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corner; nook; recess

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

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munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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meal; dinner; diet

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

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Manchurian elm (Ulmus laciniata)

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with a gulp

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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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is not; am not; are not

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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plan; blueprint

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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that; those; the

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new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

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glider

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photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

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school

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outside of; not covered by

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notice; attention; observation

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home area; home town; local

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newspaper

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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television station

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magazine (company)

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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