Vocabulary
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masochistic view of history; self-tormenting historical view
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
wage differential
debarker
job site; workplace
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
fledgling; young and inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
what a joke!; don't make me laugh!
shut up!
zooming; whizzing; whistling
to tear; to rip; to rend
iron ball
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
to total; to sum
to be strict with
legged furniture
fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis); fiscal precipice
shooting
shooting range
shooting star
echelon
Akihabara massacre (June 8, 2008)
Akihabara massacre (June 8, 2008)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
childhood
Orwellian
surgical mask
growling voice; snarling voice
to switch off; to turn off
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to look on the bright side
whenever you want; any time you like
clothespin-type hanger
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
memorization
dirty love; sordid love
surveillance society