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Advent

2

newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter

3

one's own apartment

1

to settle (a problem)

1

thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me

1

place of execution; execution site

2

point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

1

office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water

1

toe; toe (of a golf club)

1

ouch

1

Kamen Rider (TV series, the titular character)

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

loitering; hanging around; wandering around

1

Tarr

2

missing person

3

journalist

1

rider

4

loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)

6

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

landlord; landlady

1

nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

1

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

editor-in-chief

1

special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured

1

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

1

thank you very much

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

what is it?

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

ghost story

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

2

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

1

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

6

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

1

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

1

attack; assault; attempt; try

1

one animal (small)

2

sense of justice

1

likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

good performance; good work; great success

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1