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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

best (highest) record; new record

2

new world record

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

2

eccentric; crank; oddball

5

number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.

1

unguarded; frank; open

1

oh, yes?; really?

2

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

1

San Francisco (abbr); Cisco Systems (abbr); Sysco

1

costar; coactor

4

Joe Gordon (musician)

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

to catch a cold

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound

1

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

Higgins

7

symposium; round-table discussion

2

explanation; vindication

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

courteous; decorous; polite

1

welfare pension

1

returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital

1

daytime; noon period of the day; matinee

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

3

obedient; docile; quiet

1

pleasant talk; chat

1

with a broad grin; smirking

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

Helen Merrill

1

staying in Japan

2

Nelly

10

proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

1

Wilson; Willson

3

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

big fan (of something or someone); great fan

2

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

2

to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish

2

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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