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I owe you big time

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Appreciated very much

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Psychosomatic

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Psychological

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Cradle

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the object that you put a phone, camera, etc. into in order to recharge (= put power into) its batteries

small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side:

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Catch a whiff

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Receive very small amount of information

to smell something for a moment only.

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Knock up

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Pregnan

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Marching orders

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Institutions from supervisors

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Leg up on

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Relax

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Cease and desist

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A cease and desist is a written notice demanding that the recipient immediately stop an illegal or allegedly illegal activity. It may be an order or injunction issued by a court or government agency or a letter from an attorney. A cease and desist order or injunction has legal power.

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For starters

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First

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Skimp

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Cut cornerstone

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Section off

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Separate

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Tireless

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Having great effort

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Mums the word

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Keep quiet

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Pull down

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Demolish

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Brazen

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Bold without shame

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Muck

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mud, dirt, or a sticky natural substance such as animal waste:
There was green muck at the bottom of the boat.
You’re treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes!

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17
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More than meets the eye

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If there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves more things than you thought at the beginning.

when you think a situation is not as simple as it seems to be.

思ったより複雑難しい😓

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18
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Get around

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Deal with the problem

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Wazoo

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A lot of

a person’s buttocks or anus.

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Bedside manner

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doctor’s approach or attitude to a patient:
“my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner” 

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Get out of my system

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Get rid of anxiety

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Imperative

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Important

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Predicate

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Base, establish

found or base something on.
“the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated”

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Name of the game

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本質. the basic goal or purpose of an activity. When all is said and done, in business, profit is the name of the game. 実際、現実はそんなもんだよ

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Go with the flow

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To do what the other people are doing , following

be relaxed and accept a situation, rather than trying to alter or control it.

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Meat and potatoes,

Incumbent

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basic and essential aspects.
“the club’s meat and potatoes remains blues performers”

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Spur of the moment

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Done without planning in advance

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Moment of truth

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A time person is tested

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Back down

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Give on , surrender

後へ引く、後退する、退却する、引き下がる
・I’m not backing down until you admit

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Incumbent

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Necessary

the holder of an office or post:
“the present incumbent will soon be retiring”
SIMILAR:
holder
bearer
occupant

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Toil

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Hardworking

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Bagging out

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criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way: Stop bagging her out - she’s doing her best.

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Slayer

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Killer

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Encompasses

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Surrounded

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What am I on?

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What am I doing?

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36
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Here’s to ——

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Used when proposing a toast to indicate purpose of toast

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37
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Complicit

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共犯

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38
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Cover up

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隠す

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39
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Preside

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Chair, take positions, guide

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40
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Slice into strips

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細長くスライス

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41
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runny

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水多い

42
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Cardinall

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Very important

43
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Vanish

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Disappear

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Stop bugging me

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Don’t disturb

45
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That’s the case

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Yes

46
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I’m craving human touch

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a strong feeling of wanting something:
I have a craving for chocolate.
人間味を求めている

Touch starvation refers to a sense of longing for physical contact

47
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Ramp up

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Intensified

48
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Let him clear

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追っかけるな

49
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Caught off guard

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Surprisingly

50
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Be in someone’s debt

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grateful for something someone did for you:
I’m in the senator’s debt for getting my husband a visa.

51
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Land sakes

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land sakes. (chiefly US, somewhat dated and rustic) An expression of surprise or dismay

52
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Good grief

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やれやれ

53
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Disrupt

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Interrupt
破壊する　覆す

54
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Getting through school

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Graduate

55
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Social standing

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地位

56
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Root out

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根絶する

57
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It’s a safe bet

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〜は確実でしょう

58
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Dismissal

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Fire

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Vengeful

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Seek to harm

60
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Fall out of hair

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Hair also symbolizes power, and if you dream of your hair falling out, it may mean you are losing control and feeling powerless in some areas of your life.

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Pasty

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1.Pale of someone’s face or skin) very pale and unhealthy looking:
He’s an unattractive man with long greasy hair and pasty skin.
2. piece of food made of pastry filled with meat, vegetables, or cheese:
a cheese-and-onion pasty

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Get off on

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to find something exciting, especially in a sexual way:
Dave likes power - he gets off on it

63
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Go for

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目標にする

64
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There’s no point that

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〜は無駄な事だ

65
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Freak out

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to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional:
He freaked out when he heard he’d got the job.
This song just freaks me out whenever I hear it.興奮する

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Wonkey

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Unstable

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Just for the heck of it

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For no particular reason

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Gain momentum

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Become popular

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Headshot

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顔写真

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Shun away from

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Escape

71
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Phase out

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Act of discontinue

72
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Auction off

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Sell by auction

73
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Collectively

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Unitedly, together

74
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Clobbered

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Beat, punched

75
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Hype

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promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its benefits. 誇大広告｛こだい こうこく｝、刺激的｛しげき てき｝な宣伝｛せんでん
“an industry quick to hype its products”

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Look at that!

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Tell someone to something in bad

77
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Side bar

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Short article

78
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Romanticize

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to talk about something in a way that makes it sound better than it really is, or to believe that something is better than it really is:
Stop romanticizing! Nothing’s that perfect.

79
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Snuck it in

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Sneak it in こっそり

80
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Disband

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Breakup

disband 【他動】〔組織・議会などを〕解散する 【自動】〔組織・議会などが〕解散する

81
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Step up

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To increase improve, to give extra effort

82
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Gig economy , gig worker

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Short term contract , freelance

A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations hire independent workers for short-term commitments

83
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Colossal

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Extremely large

84
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Buy in

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Agreement to support

85
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Incremental

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Increase , additional

86
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Sorry, I’m getting diverted

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ちょっと話が逸れますが

87
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Poised to

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Prepare for

88
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To hear cricket

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Silence

89
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Narrative

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Story, tale

90
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Unwind a little

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Relax a little

91
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Home turf

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My territory

92
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Well played

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Well done

93
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Countermove

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Move or action made in opposition to another

94
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Hillbilly

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1.
DEROGATORY•INFORMAL
an unsophisticated country person, as associated originally with the remote regions of the Appalachians.
2.
old-fashioned term for country music.
“he played sweet hillbilly guitar”

95
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A run of your stocking

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ストッキングが伝線してるよ

96
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Nice try

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Good effort to do something

97
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Interject

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Throw in, say abruptly

98
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I don’t mean it

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本心じゃないよ、本気じゃないよ

99
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Sign off

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to stop doing your work or a similar activity for a period of time:
As it’s Friday, I think I’ll sign off early today.

1.
conclude a letter, broadcast, or other message.
“he signed off with a few words of advice”

100
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Very well….

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(渋々) 承知しました

101
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Abbey

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the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
synonyms:
monastery · convent · priory · cloister · friary · [more]
a church or house that was formerly an abbey.

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