Vocabulary

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principle of least action

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binding of Acala; fast binding

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speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

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to gain experience; to accumulate experiences

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out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

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it'll never happen; absurd; outrageous; preposterous

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while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

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while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock

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while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock

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no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned

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thank you; thanks a lot

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to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

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to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

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to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden

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to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

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to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

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it cannot be helped; there is no other way

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last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

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take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

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to board an airplane; to get on an airplane

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furious facial expression

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to take a hot bath

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to wash one's face and hands

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coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework

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to call the roll; to take attendance

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our

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charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

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Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s

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radioactive waste; nuclear waste

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right to know; right to access information

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traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility

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to become empty; to be emptied

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to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

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to eat a lot; to have a good appetite

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