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surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

2

computational; tallying

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

numerical formula

3

list; enumeration

2

thick curtain; drop curtain

6

with a thud

6

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

6

smoothly; easily; readily

1

examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination

1

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf

4

stare; gaze; fixation

5

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee

2

warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)

6

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent

3

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

10

property; fortune; means; assets

7

stagecoach

4

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

4

losing one's job

1

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

7

society; the world; the times

21

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

16

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

23

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

5

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

2

to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

3

equality; impartiality; evenness

4

one of these days; someday; one day

2

trash; garbage; junk

1

to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)

5

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

7

to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

1

to snatch; to steal

2

animal trail; game trail

4

vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic

4

to live through; to survive

3

to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

2

to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

1

winner; victor

6

to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get

2

fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

7

sign; indication; omen; symptom

3

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1