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repair; mending

2

construction work

2

source of funds; resources; finances

1

ability; capability; skill

2

advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

1

in addition

1

to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect

2

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

Classification of swords

4

at a glance; by accident

3

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

1

known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

3

demi-human

1

little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as

5

sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists

1

to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase

1

hermitage; retreat

2

mountain wind

2

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses

1

turning sideways; landscape orientation

4

Thrasher

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

2

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

4

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)

1

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

3

fellow pupil; fellow apprentice

5

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud

1

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player

2

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

high and low (social standing)

2

to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of

1

to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

1

grassy; weedy

1

realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation

1

opposite direction

1

to meet someone by chance; to happen upon

1

to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

1

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

1

use

1

blow-drying; blow; punch; blowing (i.e. playing a wind instrument, esp. in jazz)

1

shopping street

2

almost all; nearly all

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1