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to write a novel

4

Rookie of the Year award

5

winning (a prize)

3

rim; brim; edge; brink

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

3

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

3

to use up all one's strength

2

soldier; combatant; warrior

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

6

yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

1

gymnasium

3

folding chair (with tubular metal frame)

1

the whole school

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

10

principal; headmaster

1

deputy head teacher; vice principal

1

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

13

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

1

worthlessness

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

3

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

even if not; even without

2

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

2

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

data; datum

5

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

Heart Sutra

1

enumeration; citation; listing

2

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

3

capillary vessel; capillary

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

2

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

5

lung

2

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

1

to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

1

late at night; at a late hour

2

train; electric train

1

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

1

to spit

1

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

3

love

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1