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club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities

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admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

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personal feelings; self-interest

2

military discipline; military regulations; military rules

1

something handed down (usu. an order)

3

preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery

3

to make frantic efforts

1

silence; stillness; quietness

2

with resolution

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

3

lying face down; upside down; prone

3

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

2

leased line; private circuit; private line

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

4

regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate

2

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

all; everything

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

2

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

3

being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

6

tail (animal); tail end; tip

3

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

1

company president; manager; director

2

visitor; caller

1

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

4

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

3

irritable; bad-tempered

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

4

solitary island

12

Central Park

1

snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

1

to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

1

north entrance; north exit

1

main street

2

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

2

all over; all over the place; everywhere

2

hardware store or dealer

3

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

postbox; mailbox; pillar box

4

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

bus stop

1

sign; mark; flag

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

2

to be consistent; to be coherent

2

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

1

apartment house; residential complex

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