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lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

3

automatic

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

5

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

1

one hour

5

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

3

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

2

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)

3

left side; left-hand side

2

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

3

more than usual

2

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

2

as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

1

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

shadow; tail; following

2

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

3

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

teacher

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

alone; unaided; away from home

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

appearance; figure; shape; form

1

last year

3

absence due to illness; sick leave

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

payment

2

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

6

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

4

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

9

(kept) overnight

1

money; metal

16

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

long visit; overstaying

3

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

who the heck; just who

2

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

2

animal

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

15

boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

3

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

1

hmm; I see; hrm

1