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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

3

delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee

7

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

1

transparent; clear

7

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

4

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

6

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

6

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

10

brand; bland

3

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

4

hand-mirror

2

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

5

using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

2

gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score (in golf)

1

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

2

to turn sideways

2

once more; again

7

front; frontage; facade; main

3

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

19

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

4

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

3

like that; so

11

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

17

stage; performance

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

3

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

1

to take one's eyes off

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

2

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

15

reduced scale; scaling down

1

from head to toe

1

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

2

to sell

5

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

4

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

13

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

2

true character; real nature

17

kindergarten

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

4

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2