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soap bubble

2

drinking straw; straw

4

random pounding (e.g. on a drum)

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

2

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

3

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

this morning

1

regret; repentance; remorse

4

smokescreen

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

to get angry; to become perverse

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

3

insurance; guarantee

3

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2

profitable; worn-out; crumbling

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

3

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

it seems that; as if

2

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

1

present; gift; to give a present or gift

18

criminal; culprit

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

2

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

3

meaning; called; said

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge

1

to steeped in vice

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

disorder; disturbance; unrest

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

1

kissing

2

V sign (hand gesture); peace sign

1

to flare up; to burst into flames

1

trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much

2