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visual confirmation; sighting

2

to take time

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

armed forces; military; troops

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly

1

number of persons; personnel

1

lunch; midday meal

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

1

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

2

taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)

1

therefore; consequently

1

dozens; scores of; decades

3

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

1

gust of wind; vanguard

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

showing no sign (of)

1

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

3

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

counter for (small) boats

1

to thrust down; to push off

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

9

immediately; right away; on the spot

2

insisting

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

mobility

1

to increase; to grow

1

smoothly; swiftly

1

twice

1

to improve one's skill

1

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)

1

pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house

2

bell; bel (unit); B

2

speaking tube; voice pipe

3

to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

1

for emergency use

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

7

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

1

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

3

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

3

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

1

cover; lid; cap

1

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

2

taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)

2