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oral instruction or teaching or method

1

six; 6

9

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

ahem

1

Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides

1

past tense

2

two or three

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

results; record; grades; marks

8

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

2

ranking table (e.g. sports league)

2

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

5

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

1

studying for a test

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

half

12

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

3

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

first of all; first thing

1

hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

1

abashment; bashfulness

2

to triumph; to be elated with success

3

stranger; outsider

2

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

4

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

5

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

1

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

1

to scan; to look over

4

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

handsome man; actor in a love scene

1

grave; serious; alarming

1

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1

(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

4

diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

3

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

3

off-side

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

starting point; starting line

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

4

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

1

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

5

horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language

3

overseas student; exchange student

2

bright; intelligent

2

soccer; seersucker

1