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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

5

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

1

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

2

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

10

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

5

aha!; yes sir

4

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

2

just a minute; small quantity

1

pride

1

mischief-maker; trickster; (arch.) lascivious person (esp. a loose woman); (arch.) useless fellow; (arch.) mouse; (arch.) rat

1

to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

1

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

world of suffering; life of prostitution

1

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

1

second wife

1

to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)

1

fact; truth; reality

7

licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild

2

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

2

if; in case; supposing

2

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured

1

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

1

fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

4

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

4

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

2

cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

2

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

3

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1

tea; tee

1

the very thing; itself

3

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

4

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

3

match (to light fire with)

4

indicates question

5

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

5

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

2