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debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

2

demand note; dunning letter (note)

1

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

call; visit

4

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)

1

daddy; father; husband

10

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

1

poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

3

can be easily guessed

1

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog

1

fleeing the country

1

had better do so

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament

1

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

1

season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot

1

fruit

2

many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)

1

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

17

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

1

suited figure; person in a suit

1

top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper

1

prime of life

1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

to comb down; to smooth down

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

1

suit (clothing); suit

1

flexible

2

pastoral; idyllic

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

knob; doorknob

1

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

1

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

1

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

2

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

backstroke (swimming)

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

3

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

script; libretto; scenario

1

head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace

4