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pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

3

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

small; compact

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird

4

under cover of night

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw

1

nickname

2

once a year

1

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

1

crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

acrobatic feats

1

group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

1

irresponsibility

1

point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

1

agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance

2

several months

1

to occur one after another; to happen in succession

1

frequent; incessant

1

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

3

source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

hearsay

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

newspaper report; press reporting

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

5

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

5

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1

oat (Avena sativa); oats

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

6

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

5

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

3

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

3

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

2

cause of death

1

but; however; although

6

oh, yes?; really?

2

in front of a station

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

3

to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)

3

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

6