Phrases
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girls' middle school
A school where a middle school curriculum is taught to girls.
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girl friend
A woman whom a man goes out with and has feelings of love.
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traveler's check
The check one can use in a foreign country, instead of cash, while travelling abroad.
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connective ending
The ending of a word that connects to the next word, by being attached to the stem.
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demonstration class
Classes that are given by teachers in front of an audience, to come up with efficient methods of teaching.
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pension plan
The system to secure one's livelihood in which one or one's family can receive a fixed amount of money when one cannot make money as a result of being too old or dead.
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townhouse; row houses
A shared building in which several households can have their own places and live separately.
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year-end tax adjustment
An act of calculating excessively-paid or insufficiently-paid taxes in one's total tax amount for the year.
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romantic novel; love story
A novel dealing with the love between a man and woman.
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tropical climate
The climate of a tropical region, where it is very hot and rains a lot year round.
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tropical region
A region with a tropical climate where it is hot and rains a lot.
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special education for the gifted
The education provided to develop a talented child even more.
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side kick
A kick technique of Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, with which one kicks by stretching his/her leg to one side.
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bank book; deposit passbook
A book that is given to a person who deposits money in a bank, that keeps the deposits and withdrawals of money.
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vaccination; inoculation
The act of developing immunity to a particular disease by getting an injection of a vaccine in order to protect against it.
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vaccination; inoculation
The act of getting an injection of a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease, or such an injection.
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formal, moderately addressee-lowering
A personal pronoun with a sense of lowering the addressee slightly.
formal, moderately addressee-lowering
A sentence ending with a sense of lowering the addressee slightly.
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formal, moderately addressee-raising
A personal pronoun with a sense of raising the addressee slightly.
formal, moderately addressee-raising
A sentence ending with a sense of raising the addressee slightly.