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once a year

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opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

2

attendance

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supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

2

visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience

2

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

best; ideal; perfect

2

haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction

4

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

1

work; operation; task

3

silent; mute; dumb

1

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

2

being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

2

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

2

it's no joke; gimme a break!

3

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

committee member

1

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

1

leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

1

genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

8

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

action committee; executive committee

3

management; administration; operation

3

program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance

4

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

2

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

5

going to and fro; back and forth

1

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

1

to look around; to tour

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

4

compared with

2

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

2

low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing

3

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

3

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

2

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

sweater; jumper

1

teacher; instructor

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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