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Nail

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perform (an action or task) perfectly.

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Singlehandedly

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Without help from anyone

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Disparage

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Regard little worth けなす

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Juncture

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A particular point of time

“it is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained”

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Vanilla

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No special features

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Outgoing

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Sociable

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Onset

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発症

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Double edge sword

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situation or course of action having both positive and negative effects.

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At the onset

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手始めに

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Put my feet up

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Relex

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Gunea pig

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実験台

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Right arm

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Most reliable helper

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Double talker

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language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense and nonsense

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Loathing

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Dislike

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Affirmation

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the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed:
“he nodded in affirmation” · ”an affirmation of basic human values”
SIMILAR:
assertion
declaration

LAW
a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath for reasons of conscience.
emotional support or encouragement:
“the lack of one or both parents’ affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled”

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Decorum

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Etiquette

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Call the shots

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Pull the strings, rule the roost 決裁する

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Set the tone

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Establish the mood

Her lighthearted question set the tone for the rest of the interview.

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Decimate

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Get rid of, eliminate

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Atrocious

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Evil, morally wrong

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Unduly

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Excessive

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Confer upon

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Grant bestow

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Can of worms

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Very complicated, unplesant to deal with

situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it:

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Blown away

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1 : to dissipate or remove as if with a current of air their doubts were blown away. 2 : to kill by gunfire : shoot dead. 3 : to impress very strongly and usually favorably.

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Drawn into

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to pull someone or something into something; to attract someone or something in. Attracted

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Per se

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Itself

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Fine lines

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a very small difference There’s a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive. There’s sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.

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Associate with

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Connect

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Stenography

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速記

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Hush up something

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to prevent people from knowing the truth about (something, such as a crime)
hush up a crime/scandal
The city government tried to hush things up when the mayor was arrested.

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Take it out of the equation

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Remove something

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Exemplify

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Be a typical example

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Conumdrum

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なぞなぞ　難問

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Hold off

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延期

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Hold off on

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先送り

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Scared to death

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怯え切って

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Sorry i just cut up

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Sorry i ignored

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38
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Touch something up

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Improve by small change

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Rectify

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put right; correct:
“mistakes made now cannot be rectified later” · ”we are working to rectify the situation”
SIMILAR:
correct

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Embrace the idea

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Accept

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Hard headed

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practical and realistic; not sentimental:
“it’s essential to meet hardheaded board members on their own terms”
SIMILAR:
unsentimental
practical
pragmatic
businesslike
realistic
sensible
rational
tough

42
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Dear I say

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敢えて言えば

43
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Youre up to it

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You can do it

44
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Urge

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try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

45
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Ever shifting

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Constantly changing

constantly changing, especially in an unpredictable way.
“a kaleidoscopic vision of an ever-shifting landscape”

46
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Bring down the cost

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Reduce cost

47
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Called off

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Suspended

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Pontificate

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express one’s opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic. 非難を表して〉尊大｛そんだい｝に［独善的｛どくぜん てき｝に・もったいぶって］話す［振｛ふ｝る舞｛ま｝う・意見
“he was pontificating about art and history”
synonyms:
hold forth · expound ·

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Dissertation

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long essay on a particular subject, especially one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
“Joe wrote his doctoral dissertation on Thucydides” · [more]
synonyms:
essay · thesis · treatise · paper · study · composition · discourse · disquisition · tract 

50
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Nitty gritty

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the most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation.
“let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of finding a job” · [more]
synonyms:
basics · essentials · essence 

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Neck of the woods

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particular area or locality.
“imagine seeing her in this neck of the woods”
synonyms:
neighborhood · district ·

52
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Chant

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say or shout repeatedly in a singsong tone. ブツブツ唱える

53
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Have a blast

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Enjoy

54
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Fine print
Small pront

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但し書き　important information

inconspicuous details or conditions printed in an agreement or contract, especially ones that may prove unfavourable.
“check the small print and make sure you know your rights”

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Partake

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join in (an activity).

56
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Pain in the butt

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something or someone that is very annoying or troublesome.

57
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Shoot shovel and shut up

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Shoot, shovel, and shut up, also known as the 3-S treatment, refers to a method for dealing with unwanted or unwelcome animals primarily in rural areas. There have been reports of the frequently illegal triple-step procedure being used to dispatch mischievous pets, endangered species, and even sick livestock.
killing and burying evidence of any plants or animals that might be threatened or endangered.”

58
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Profuse

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especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.
“I offered my profuse apologies”
synonyms:
copious · prolific · abundant · ample · extravagant 

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tertiary

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third in order or level.
“the tertiary stage of the disease” · ”most of the enterprises were of tertiary importance”

60
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pop off

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Die

INFORMAL
die.
“when I pop off, everything will come to you”
2.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
speak spontaneously and at length, typically angrily.
“I’ve been thinking about it a lot—I don’t want you to imagine I’m just popping off”

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behemoth

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something that is extremely large and often extremely powerful:
a grocery chain behemoth

62
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Clarn slate

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白紙の状態

63
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Get the job done

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仕事をな
成し遂げる

64
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Bring this in

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導入する

65
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Dig in

A

begin eating heartily.
“put the sausage on top of the polenta; then dig in!”
begin doing or investigating something in earnest

66
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Pull someone in with a complement

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褒めて引き込む

67
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Workaround

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a method for overcoming a problem or limitation in a program or system.
“The software still has a few glitches but we’ve come up with a workaround.”

68
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Defaults

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既定の.
a preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.

69
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Legend

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the wording on a map or diagram explaining the symbols used.
“see legend under Fig. 1”
synonyms:
explanation · key · code · cipher · table of symbols · guide · glossary

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Eclipse

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situation in which something becomes less important:
eclipse of The eclipse of the ruling political party was inevitable.

of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).

71
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Obscure

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keep from being seen; conceal.

72
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Outpace

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go, rise, or improve faster than.

73
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Coronation

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the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign’s consort.
“the Queen’s coronation”
synonyms:
crowning · enthronement · enthroning · accession to the throne · investiture · anointing · inauguration

74
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Convergence

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convergence · 1 U一点への集合，集中

1.
(of lines) tend to meet at a point.
“a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles”

75
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Shrivel

A

wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.
“the flowers simply shriveled up” · [more]
synonyms:
wither · wrinkle · pucker up · shrink · wilt · dry up

76
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Grapple

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engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
“passersby grappled with the man after the knife attack”
synonyms:
wrestle · struggle ·

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Swath

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a broad strip or area of something.
“vast swaths of countryside” ·

78
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Does not set on fire

A

パッとしない

79
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Faint of heart

A

気が弱い人

80
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Snugged up

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ぴったり合ってる

snug·gle
[ˈsnəɡəl]
VERB
settle or move into a warm, comfortable position:
“I snuggled down in my sleeping bag” · ”she snuggled her head into his shoulder”
SIMILAR:
nestle
curl up
huddle (up)
cuddle up (to)
nuzzle (up to)
settle

81
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Glitterati

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上流階級

82
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Rule

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支配する

83
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Lets bury the hatched

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仲直り

84
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Not unless

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〜しない限り

E.g. “Can I park here? Not unless you have a special ticket

85
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Dysentery

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赤痢

86
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Loom large

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大きくのしかかる

87
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Implications

A

影響

88
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Spike

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急上昇

89
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Overtake

A

〜に勝る
追い抜かす

90
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anything but ……

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not at all (used for emphasis).
“this grisly ending is anything but sentimental”

…..からは程遠い

used to mean the opposite of the stated quality:
She’s meant to be really nice but she was anything but nice when I met her.
The long-term prospects for the economy are anything but comforting.
The story sounded dark and depressing but I’m happy to say I found it anything but.

91
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She turns heads

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Capture attention

to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention.

92
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Curtsy

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Female formal greetings

93
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You cant like throw hips

A

こんなしてケツを突き出す

94
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Getting

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何かを得ること

95
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Double take

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二度振り返って見直す

96
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Head out

A

Go out

97
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Lock in

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閉じこもる

98
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Unwind

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Chill 巻き戻す、ポジション解消、整理する

99
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Quagmire

A

an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.
“a legal quagmire”
synonyms:
muddle · mix-up · mess 

100
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All the while

A

all the time that something is happening ずっと

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