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tiger cub

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

4

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

2

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

2

approval; endorsement

1

each; respectively

2

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

7

Murphy's Law ("Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong")

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

4

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

1

evening; night; dinner

2

eight o'clock

6

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

6

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office

4

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

3

kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

4

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

1

carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

4

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

7

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

6

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

7

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

smile

7

appreciation; thanks; gratitude

1

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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apology

14

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

phrase; strawberry

2

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

3

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

bottom of one's heart

1

to regret

1

disappointment; despair

1

to show; to display

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when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

3

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

2

one's home; one's house

7

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

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