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elite

2

personal history; background; career

2

to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

1

to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

4

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

1

circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

10

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

12

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

11

number one; first; best; most; game; round

5

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

4

different opinion; objection

1

price reduction; discount

2

isn't that right?

5

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

6

back; behind; rear

4

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

most; extremely

5

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

4

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

8

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

7

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

4

friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

3

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

4

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

4

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

3

rear; stern

3

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

10

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

48

detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking

3

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

3

duty; role; function

2

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

5

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

2

unavoidable; no help for

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

3

passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

4

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

employer

1

self-introduction

1

second grade; second class; secondary

4