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Friday

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half-holiday; taking half of the day off

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watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

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favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

2

to talk nonsense

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

7

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

double-play

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

4

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

4

to lose interest; to slacken off

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

1

puniness; youth

1

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

to recall; to remember; to recollect

7

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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interest; (investment) yield; profits

1

erectile dysfunction

5

from now on; hereafter

4

single-lens reflex camera

2

high-end model

1

next year

2

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

the same; the said; likewise

1

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

2

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

2

specifications; specs

11

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

1

video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)

6

movie; film

3

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

to withstand; to be able to endure

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high image quality

2

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

2

to seize the initiative

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delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

2

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

1

declaration; statement

1

to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

1

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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