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thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

2

don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised

2

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

(essential) utilities; lifeline

1

wicked heart; evil design

3

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

3

high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view

1

party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

1

generous; unstinting

1

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

2

habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

1

free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free

1

to train; to discipline; to teach manners

1

rewinding (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

1

to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back

1

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

2

seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness

1

Russia

1

Arctic Circle; the Arctic

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

6

alternate; alternating

2

season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

having just started ...

1

to treat as a joke; to do jokingly

2

afternoon; p.m.

2

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

3

next morning

1

four o'clock

1

rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo (mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams)

1

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

1

main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement

2

healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing

1

inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

15

stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine

1

to spread; to be propagated

1

beta test

1

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

be; is

3

to pretend; to feign

2

to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal

1

lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation

1