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Spread yourself too thin

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Try to do many difficult things at the same time

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The jet set

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Rich and fashionable people who travels a lot

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Nook

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Small quiet place Tahiti’s sheltered

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In the face of

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Despite problems

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Get out

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Become known

If news or information gets out, people hear about it although someone is trying to keep it secret:
I don’t want it to get out that I’m leaving before I’ve had a chance to tell Anthony.

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Untapped

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Available but not yet used

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Augment

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Increase

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Push for something

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To repeatedly ask for something or try to make something happen

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Dish out

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Give distribute large amount of something

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Cull

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Pick

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Into

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Interested in

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Tempered glass

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Safety glass increase strength

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13
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With that

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さあそれでは

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14
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I would be eternally greatful

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Appreciated very much

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Get over it!

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Accept something and move on

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16
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Yet again

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As usual いつも通り

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17
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The best day of any kind

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The best day ever

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18
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Get it done

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Solve any problem

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19
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Armpits

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脇の下

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20
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Accentuate

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make more noticeable or prominent.

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Encompass

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網羅する

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22
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Don’t let it

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Don’t depressed

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23
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Plug that in

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‘That’ を入れて

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24
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Spare head

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Lead

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25
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Get ones hands on

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To get

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Liaise

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Establish working relationships, cooperative

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27
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Pull my hair out

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Exasperated

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28
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Fluff

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つまらない物

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29
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Trailer

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Excerpt
予告編

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30
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Fathom

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Understand

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31
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Dissect

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Anatomize

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32
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Soft skill

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Communication skill, problem solving skill

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33
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White elephant

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Clutter

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34
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Elephant in the room

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Because it makes at least someone uncomfortable

意味は、部屋の中に象のような巨大なものがいると明らか誰の目にも入っている状況ですよね。
ですが、その事をあえて話題にしない、見て見ぬふりをする、という状況を意味します。

象を大きな問題と見立てて、悩んでいるけど口に出しづらい状況を言います。

例えば、婚約を破棄された人と、新婚のカップルがいる席にお呼ばれしたとします。
その会場にいる、誰かが
“There is an elephant in the room.”
と言えば、「空気を読めよ。（婚約を破棄された人の前で結婚の話をするなよ）」となります。

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Spruce up

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Make look clean

to make (someone or something) look cleaner, neater, or more attractive. We spruced up the room with a fresh coat of paint. I need to spruce myself up a bit before we go out to dinner. ぎれいにする、めかす、身なりを整える、美化する

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36
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Pivot

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completely change the way in which one does something.

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37
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Knock yourself out

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Feel free , go ahead

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38
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Blow up

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爆破

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39
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Boba

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タピオカティー

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40
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Back you off!

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引っ込んでいろ

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41
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Are you done ？

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もういい？

42
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Gaslighting

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Distort the truth in order to confuse

43
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When it counts

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ここぞと言う時

44
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White wash

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Shortchange

45
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Ward off

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Prevent

46
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Few and far between

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Very few

not happening or existing very often:
Apartments that are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between.
In this area, good jobs are few and far between.
There are some other mental health services, but they are few and far between.

47
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Spin out
Spin off

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Out of control

a byproduct or incidental result of a larger project:
“the commercial spin-off from defense research”
SIMILAR:
consequence
result
upshot

48
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Pumped

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Fill with energy

49
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Fray

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Wear out

50
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Protocol

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Official procedure

51
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Dupe

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Trick Deceive

52
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Bleak

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Cold&miserable

53
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Back into

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Fix

54
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Be a thing

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To exist

55
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Clamp down

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Prevent

56
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Hew

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Cut , chop

57
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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high price

58
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Inhibit

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Hinder. to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed :
be inhibited (from) Some workers were inhibited (from speaking) by the presence of their managers.

59
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Upstart

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成金

60
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Stubble

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無精髭

61
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Misfit

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仲間外れ

62
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Circle around

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堂々巡り

63
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Double up

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相部屋

64
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Backfire

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逆ギレ

65
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Jammed finger

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突き指

66
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Deaf as a post

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聾　ツンボ

67
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Flabbergasted

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Astonished

68
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at the mercy of

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completely in the power or under the control of.

69
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Supercharge

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make faster or more powerfu

70
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Get behind the wheel

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Sit drivers seat

71
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Facelift

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Renovation

72
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Leave out

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Not include

73
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Corner cutting

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Leave out necessary components

74
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Patronize

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贔屓に

1.恩着せがましくする
treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
“she was determined not to be put down or patronized”
Similar:
treat condescendingly

75
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Slay-slew

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Kill

76
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Reinstate

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Restore

77
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Ubiquitous

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Constantly encountered

78
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Boiler plate contract

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Standardized contact

79
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Pesky

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Annoying

80
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A plethora of

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A lot of

81
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Nudge

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優しく説得してそうさせるように仕向ける　レベルを引き上げる　to move slowly and almost reach a higher point or level:
Oil prices continue to nudge higher.

to encourage or persuade someone to do something in a way that is gentle rather than forceful or direct:

He cleverly nudges us towards the conclusion he himself has reached.

82
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Out of pocket

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自腹

83
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It never rains but it pours

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when one bad thing happens, followed by a lot of other bad things that make a bad situation worse.

84
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Bashful

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Shy

85
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Pile it in

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Enter large number all at once

86
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Abrasive

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Arrogant

87
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Infatuate

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Obsessively strong love for

88
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A life size cutout

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等身大のボード

89
Q

Raw

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未熟者

90
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Blessing in disguise

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災い転じて福

91
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Give me five!

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High five

92
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Sentry

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見張り

93
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Flip

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キレる

94
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Here it goes

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はい　やりまーす

95
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Slap down

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バサッと処理する

96
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Diffuse

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Spread

97
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What’s gonna take

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じゃどうするんだ？

98
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Sign off on

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To give formal approval of something

99
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To take a step up

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To give extra effort

100
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Palatable

A

pleasant to taste.

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