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recommendation; endorsement

12

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

4

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

5

problem; trouble; worry

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

7

pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

4

to increase; to add to; to augment

15

verbalizing; putting into words

13

to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

2

short term; short time

7

tenacity; endurance

1

contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil

2

scouting; reconnaissance

26

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

2

guts; bowels; intestines

1

to boil; to seethe

1

brand; mark

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

2

need for social approval and self-esteem

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

2

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

3

preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear

1

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

3

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

7

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

16

(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)

3

belligerent

2

to get used to hearing

15

wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

5

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

3

police questioning

4

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

16

aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

21

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

11

thrill

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

2

everybody; every last one of them; all

3

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

21

have-nots

1

unproductive; counterproductive

1

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

2

strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

1

with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

2