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(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point

5

to overhear

1

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

1

to be off one's guard

1

one year; some time ago

2

in that respect; on that point; in that regard

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

2

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

2

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

3

critic; reviewer; commentator

1

woman doctor

1

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

6

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

5

twenty-five

3

group; mass

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

3

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

6

number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

3

earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue

1

thousands; several thousand

5

train (esp. long distance train); steam train

2

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

3

sharp curve (turn)

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

10

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

3

train; railway train

2

to observe carefully; to make sure

1

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

47

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

2

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

3

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

4

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

6

passenger car

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

5

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

9

fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion

2

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

2

and; thereupon; because of that

4

to fail; to slip up; to make a botch job (of)

1

guiltless; innocent

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

1