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Water down

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水増し

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Doomsday

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Last day of the world

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Dry cell

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Battery

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In limbo

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In a forgotten 宙ぶらりん

an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition.
“the fate of the Contras is now in limbo

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Heed

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Pay attention

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Price out

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Unable to buy

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Drum tight

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Very tight

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Demand is still feasting

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Large

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One-on-one meeting

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マンツーマン

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Frenzy

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Madness state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.
“Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage”
Similar:
hysteria
madness
mania

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Impasse

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Deadlock

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Colossal

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Extremely large

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Pacify

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Calm, placate

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Instrumental

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手段となる、役立つ、助けになる、役に立つ、有益な
・Your continuing support and encouragement have been instrumental in the progress I have made in my work to date. : 今日まで研究を進めることができましたのも、ひとえに貴殿のいつも変わらぬご支援と励ましのおかげでございます。
・The Red Cross’s role was instrumental in helping the peace talks work. : 赤十字の役割は和平交渉がうまくいく助けとなることだった。

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Chink

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a small narrow crack or opening:
I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.

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Regressive

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Greater amount for those lower incomes

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Raid

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a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:
The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).
planes on a bombing raid

the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it:
Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.

an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.

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Caught in a middle

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In a difficult situation

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Higher-stake

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Risky

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Back off

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引き下がれ

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21
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Feed off

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Gain strength

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Fauna

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Animals dog a particular region

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Buzz

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Full of excitement

INFORMAL
a rumor:
“there’s a strong buzz that he’s in Scotland” · ”the buzz is that he’s in big trouble”

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Saga

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Long traditional story

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En masse
all together and at the same time, in large numbers: The shop's 85 workers have resigned en masse. By early summer, hiking is less enjoyable because the mosquitoes are out en masse.
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Onerous
Need great effort
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Vet
to examine something or someone carefully to make certain that it is or they are acceptable or suitable: During the war, the government vetted all news reports before they were published. carefully vet The material was carefully vetted by lawyers to ensure it complied with the law.
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Get over something
Deal with or gain control
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Ostentatious
too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you: They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders. an ostentatious gesture/manner 仰々しい
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Under the loop
they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions.
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Spit it up
To vomit
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Fuck up
1. completely mismanage or mishandle a situation. 2. damage or confuse someone emotionally
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I’m bummed
in low spirits : unhappy, depressed, disappointed
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No-brainer
Very easy
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Knock your socks off
Amazing , impressive I'm going to take you to a restaurant that'll knock your socks off.
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Everything in between
ありとあらゆる they like "ABBA to ZZ Top and everything in between"
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Get the word out
to let people know. The police put/got the word out that they were looking for him
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Smear
to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation: She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life. to spread something soft or wet over a surface: Mom smeared peanut butter and grape jelly on bagels for lunch.
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Floppy
soft and not able to keep a firm shape or position: a floppy hat
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Analogy
a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea: He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.
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Fly in the ointment
Minor problem single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable: I'm looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I'll have to sit next to my mother-in-law.
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Make it happen
やるっきゃないっしょ 実現させる You need to make it happen!: You need to ensure that it happens, you need to do everything you can to facilitate it! idiom. "Kevin, make it happen."
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Sear
Scorch the surface
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Shenanigans
Secret dishonest silly behaviour that is usually not very serious or harmful: He told stories of his childhood pranks and prep school shenanigans.
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Dab
Press press against (something) lightly with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it. "he dabbed his mouth with his napkin"
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Purée
うらごし
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Leading up to
Relating to
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Tapering off
Become less
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Java
Coffee
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Staying power
Keep powerful
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Placate
Make less angry
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Grouchy
Angry
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Finger-wagging
Action of reprimand, warning
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Roughing out
to quickly create something, like a drawing or list, without including all the details. For example, you might rough out a plan or a few ideas.
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Smithery
Work made by smith
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But the right note
Perfectly suitable
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Collective
done by people acting as a group. "a collective protest"
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Up here
Here, in the designated area
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Sidekick
Companion
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Augmented
Greater in size
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Come at a cost
to have a negative effect or consequence.
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Deflate
1. let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object). "he deflated one of the tyres" Similar: let down empty the air out of collapse flatten void puncture 2. make (someone) suddenly lose confidence or feel dispirited. "his response deflated me"
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Double whammy
Double punch a combination of two usually adverse forces, circumstances, or effects
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Trash
1. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN damage or destroy. "my apartment's been totally trashed" Similar: wreck ruin damage destroy deface mar spoil vandalize 2. criticize severely. "trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient"
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Side bar
Side article
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Stumble through
Trip, つっかえながらなんとかする
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Street smart
世馴れた the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities: You don't have the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.
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Way back when
嘗ては
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Far off
Remote 外れる some point in the far-off future
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Wait it out
Wait
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We’re short in time
Time constraints
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Ear warm
Jingle
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Burrow
1.to dig a hole in the ground, especially to live in: Rats had burrowed into the bank of the river. 2. to move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable, or safe: Suddenly shy, our young daughter burrowed her head into my shoulder.
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Get stuck in heads
Stick in head a song, phrase, or image is repeatedly playing in your mind involuntarily, even when you're not actively trying to think about it; essentially, it's stuck in your memory and keeps replaying itself
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Joy out
Stick out
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Propensity
Tendency
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Backlash
Strong reaction バッシングに会う
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Accommodate
Help, assist
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Slow to act
腰が重い
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Hunker down
to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place
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Let it slip
Reveal inadvertently
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Off the cuff
Impromptu Without preparetion
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Whip off
Remove swiftly
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Rub it in
くどくど言う
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Rub off on
to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present: I like to think that our love of reading will rub off on our children.
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Without further ado
Immediately
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There you go
Wonderful, exactly
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Scribble
Write carelessly
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Under one’s belt
Satisfactory achieved
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Pristine
Original condition
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Lame
Suck
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Breakthrough
sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
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Chagrin
feel distressed or humiliated. 悔しさ、残念さ 【他動】〔人を〕悔しがらせる、〔人を〕残念がらせる "he was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him"
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Snap out of it
To cause one to abruptly recover from negative condition
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Track down
Search
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Floozy
woman who has a lot of sexual relationships, or who wears clothes that attract sexual attention in a way that is too obvious
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Bottom out
bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out. : to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve. Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months
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Rinky-dink
having little importance or influence, or old-fashioned or of poor quality: Their family business is a rinky-dink operation.
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Hunky-dory
If events or situations are hunky-dory, they are very satisfactory and pleasant: everything is hunky-dory You can't lose your temper one minute and then expect everything to be hunky-dory again the next.