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provincial tour

1

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

2

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

2

an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids

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home area; home town; local

1

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

6

indicates emphasis

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

3

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

harmonica; mouth organ; cunnilingus; hypodermic syringe

3

musical performance

6

son; penis

15

Tom; Thom; Tomu

12

Mother Goose

3

unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

4

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

1

minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

1

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

2

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband

4

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

2

that's right, but ...

2

first-class goods; A-grade product

1

snake charmer

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

3

shortest

1

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

3

preference; priority; precedence; right of way

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

2

the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong

1

scramble (for)

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

1

that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so

2

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

4

curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

2

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

3

to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

1

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

8

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

foundation; basis

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

both (people); the two of them

1

private area

2

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

3

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

3

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

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