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Epicanthic fold

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Asiatic eyes

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class·y

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stylish and sophisticated:
“the hotel is classy but relaxed”
synonyms:
stylish · high-class · superior · 

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It’s very dependent

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It depends

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Ransacked

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go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
“burglars ransacked her home”
synonyms:
plunder · pillage · steal from · raid · rob · loot · rifle

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Wave

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うねる　高まる

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Catcalling

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the act of shouting harassing and often sexually suggestive, threatening, or derisive comments at someone publicly
Though I seldom witness catcalling or verbal harassment, I’ve come to understand how constant and burdensome it can be for women, especially when the words used are crude, violent, or degrading.
—Conor Friedersdorf

synonyms:
taunt · mock · scoff at · ridicule · laugh at · sneer at · deride · tease · insult · abuse

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Holler

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(of a person) give a loud shout or cry:
“he hollers when he wants feeding” · [more]
synonyms:
shout · yell · cry

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Unapologetic

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not sorry about having caused someone problems or unhappiness, even though people might expect you to be sorry:
They were very rude and completely unapologetic about it.

synonyms:
inveterate · dyed-in-the-wool · confirmed · entrenched · established · long-established · 

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Sedate

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calm, dignified, and unhurried:
“in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace”
synonyms:
calm · tranquil ·

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Vagabond

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a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place:
They live a vagabond life/existence, travelling around in a caravan.

synonyms:
itinerant · wanderer · 

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Escapist

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relating to avoiding an unpleasant or boring life by thinking, reading, etc., about something more exciting or fun, especially something that could not really happen:エスケーピスト
escapist literature
The movie is meant to be escapist

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Sublime

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extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable:
sublime beauty
The book has sublime descriptive passages.

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Clamp

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to put or hold something firmly in position
clamp something to/around/on something: Jack has always got a mobile phone clamped to his ear.

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Peoples person

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someone who is outgoing and is really good at socializing with other people, as in Ryan is great at making friends because he is a real people person.

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Sit an exam

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Take an exam

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Precarity

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the state of being precarious or uncertain: precarious」の意味・翻訳・日本語 - 事情次第の、不確かな、あてにならない、不安定な、危険な
“the precarity of the housing market”
a state of persistent insecurity with regard to employment or income:
“growing economic precarity”

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Between a rock and hard place

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You’re in a dilemma

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Underneath

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ところが実際に心の中では

2.
so as to be concealed by (something else).
“money changed hands underneath the table

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Shattered

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broken into many pieces:
“a snaky line of shattered glass”

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Duel

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formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argument:
The two men fought a duel over the lady.

synonyms:
fight a duel · fight 

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Deflect

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cause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course:
“the bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling” · [more]
synonyms:
turn aside/away · divert · avert · sidetrack · distract 

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Incentivize

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provide (someone) with an incentive for doing something:
“this is likely to incentivize management to find savings”
synonyms:
encourage · act as a stimulus/incentive/impetus/fillip/spur to · prompt · prod · move 

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Niche

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a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service:
“he believes he has found a niche in the market”

comfortable or suitable position in life or employment:
“he is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche” 

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Cosplay

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the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game.

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Seen as

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〜と考えられている

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Underscore

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underline (something).

to underline

synonyms:
mark · pick out · emphasize · highlight · italicize

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Rippling

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of water) forming or flowing with a series of small waves on the surface:
“the rippling waters of the lake”

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For the record

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自分の発言を記録として書き留めてもらったり、覚えておいてもらいたい、誤解や嘘を晴らしたい、というときに使われる表現です。

しっくりくる日本語にすると「はっきり言っておくけど、念のために言っておくけど」など。

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Draw

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a person or thing that is very attractive or interesting:
“the museum has turned out to be a big draw for schoolchildren in the city”
synonyms:
attraction · lure 

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Cherry pick

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choose and take only (the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc.) from what is available:
“the company should buy the whole airline and not just cherry-pick its best assets”
synonyms:
pick and choose

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Nuance

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a very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc.:
The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the woman’s expression.
Linguists explore the nuances of language.

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Ball of wax

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everything, including all details, parts, etc., relating to a particular matter:一切合切
He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.

17th century English law regarding real estate. Parts of an estate would be written down on small pieces of paper, then be rolled into small balls of wax and tossed into a hat. Each beneficiary would pick a ball from the hat, determining his/her share.2020/04/06

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Low hanging fruit

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Easy peasy

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Emails long enough to be published in hardcover

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Long redundant email

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Mind-numbing

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extremely boring:
a mind-numbing task

synonyms:
tedious · dull · monotonous · repetitious

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Push the envelope

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to behave in more extreme ways, or to try new things that have not been acceptable or tried before:
Just like every other kid, I pushed the envelope. If I got away with being ten minutes late one night, I might be twenty minutes late the next night.
We will keep trying to push the envelope - our market demands it.

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Skimmed off

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2 : to take (something valuable) for oneself out of something else
He skimmed off some of the profits.
くすねとる

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Wow

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impress and excite (someone) greatly:
“they wowed audiences on their recent British tour”
synonyms:
entertain ·

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Catch-all

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general and intended to include everything:
“South London” is a catch-all phrase/term for anywhere south of the river.

synonyms:
all-in · all-inclusive · with everything included · comprehensive · in toto · overall · full

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Overture

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a piece of music that is an introduction to a longer piece, especially an opera:
the overture to “The Magic Flute

synonyms:
preliminary · prelude 

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Leeway

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Room 余地 自由な裁量

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Contraption

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a device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use:
strange contraption What’s that strange contraption in the garage?

synonyms:
device · gadget · apparatus · machine · appliance · mechanism · implement · utensil ·

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Quantum

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a required or allowed amount, especially an amount of money legally payable in damages:
“the court must determine the quantum of compensation due”
synonyms:
amount · proportion · quantity · bulk · total · quota

a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

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Sickle

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short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming.

45
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Diploid

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of a cell or nucleus) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. Compare with haploid.

46
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Zygote

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a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

47
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Outcompete

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surpass (someone) in competition:
“they were outcompeted by their foreign rivals”

48
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Lock away

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imprison someone:
“Edmond is locked away in the island fortress”
synonyms:
imprison · jail · incarcerate · send to prison

49
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Fugitive

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a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution:
“fugitives from justice” · [more]
synonyms:
escapee · escaper · runaway · deserter · refugee · renegade · absconder

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The die is cast

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said when a situation is certain to develop in a particular way because decisions have been taken that cannot be changed:
From the moment the negotiations failed, the die was cast and war was inevitable.

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Downplay

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Make people think something is less important than it really is
軽視する

52
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Disparage

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To suggest that something is not important belittle

to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value him, her, or it:
be disparaged as The actor’s work for charity has recently been disparaged in the press as an attempt to get publicity.
Synonym
belittle

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Have something at your fingertips

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To have information be able to find it easily quickly

54
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Free for all

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Situation has no rule control

55
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Harbinger

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Bad sign

person or thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad:
a harbinger of doom

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Fodder

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わら

57
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Feels like worlds away

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まるで別世界

58
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Weather

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困難を切り抜ける

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Outfit

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服装

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By and large

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On the whole

61
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Fence sitting

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Neutral position

62
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Foolproof

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of a plan or machine) so simple and easy to understand that it is unable to go wrong or be used wrongly:
I don’t believe there’s any such thing as a foolproof system for making money.
This new recipe is supposed to be foolproof.

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Slouch

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Lazy

64
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Associate A with B

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こじつける

65
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Card carrying

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本物の

A card-carrying member of an organization is an active and involved member:
She was a card-carrying member of the Party in the 1930s.

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On the fly

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Quickly

67
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Cast light on

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Easier to understand

68
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Ramification

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Complication

69
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Power Centre

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Big box

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Convoluted

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Complicated

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Goto guy

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Reliable guy

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Snapshot

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Summary

73
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Brick and mortar

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Traditional business

74
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Get through

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やり遂げる

75
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Shun away

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Escape

76
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Auction off

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オークションで売る

77
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Ripoff

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Steal

78
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Look at that!!

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Tell to something is bad

79
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Skedaddle

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to run away quickly:
Go on, kids, skedaddle!

80
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Sidebar

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Short articke

81
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Hardwired

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しっかりくみぉまれた

82
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Take the liberty of

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To do something without asking permission
to do something that will have an effect on someone else, without asking their permission:
I took the liberty of booking theatre seats for us.

83
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Whet my appetite

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increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like. A really good catalogue can also whet customers’ appetites for merchandise. [

84
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Whet

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Sharpen

85
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Piss off

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Go away leave

86
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Balance out

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To equalize two things

87
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I’m not sold on it

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I don’t like

88
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Prank

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a practical joke or mischievous act:
“the tapestry was stolen as part of a drunken student prank”
synonyms:
practical joke · trick

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More often than not

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Usually

90
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In sequence

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In given order

91
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Outnumber

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be more numerous than.
“women outnumbered men by three to one”

92
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put my foot in my mouth

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to say or do something that you should not have, esp. something that embarrasses someone else:
I really put my foot in my mouth – I asked her if Jane was her mother, but she said Jane is her sister

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Diaspora

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a group of people who spread from one original country to other countries, or the act of spreading in this way:
Nearly two-fifths of Spain’s foreign residents come from the Latin diaspora - mostly from Ecuador and Colombia.

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Customer disservice

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the missed opportunity to deliver an expected level of service. In other words, you could have done something to meet or even exceed the customer’s expectations, but failed to take advantage of the opportunity.Oct

95
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stay in the game

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stay in the game (【熟語】競争に生き残る、競争力を持ち続ける ) の意味・使い方・読み方

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Music to ears

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something that someone is very happy to hear. Her words were music to my ears.

97
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Greenwash

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to make people believe that your company is doing more to protect the environment than it really is

98
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holier-than-thou

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People who are holier-than-thou think that they are morally better than anyone else.

99
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Feint

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a deceptive or pretended blow, thrust, or other movement, especially in boxing or fencing.
“a brief feint at the opponent’s face”

100
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Thinning

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Thin - make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.
“the remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks”
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