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laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

2

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

2

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

3

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

9

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

every month; each month; monthly

2

100,000; hundred thousand

1

money; metal

1

prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling

1

to save up (money)

5

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

1

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

1

to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

1

reply; response; answer

2

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

4

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

2

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

2

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

6

Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA

1

Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

1

real time

1

bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with

1

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

2

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

3

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

5

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

3

mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

sinking; subsidence

1

rating; classification; allocation; grading

1

caste

3

system; institution; organization; organisation

6

this (very thing); this precisely

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

4

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1