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cherry blossom (colour, color)

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gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

3

squeak; creak

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to jar; to creak; to grate

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orderly; janitor

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minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup

2

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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fixtures; furnishings; equipment

1

negotiable; further discussion needed

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

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amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

2

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

2

presence (impressive quality)

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heartening; reassuring

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack

1

button (clothing); push-button

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

so; like this; in this way

1

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

2

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

2

beauty

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man among men; man's man

1

nightmare; bad dream

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wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

2

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

sense of security

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

4

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

2

moment; brief space of time

1

materials; data; document

2

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

last ray of hope; only hope

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

2

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

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if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

1

receipt; cash-register slip

1

defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste

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