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high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

1

regional cuisine; local cuisine

5

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

3

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

4

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering

1

distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

substitution; alternative; substitute

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

next day

1

happy-go-lucky

1

waves; billows; surge

1

ultra-luxurious; lavish

2

seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea

1

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

huge; big; enormous

2

to catch fish

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

4

... years old; age (of) ...

7

joke; jest; funny story

3

appearance; look

6

manner; style

3

four thousand; 4,000

1

history

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

fish

10

to meet; to greet

2

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

4

looking over someone's shoulder

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

2

yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey

1

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

4

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

2

loosely dangling; lightly swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

3

(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray

5

donkey; ass

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

fine horse; famous horse

1

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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