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such ... as; or some such

4

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

1

monthly magazine

2

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

3

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

6

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

1

to correct oneself; to restate

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

7

to be infected; to be contagious

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

3

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

5

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

2

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

4

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

second (in a series)

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

4

classification; categorization; sorting

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

6

class

1

to be at a loss for words

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

man; male; masculine gender

1

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

3

second; number two; runner-up

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

to be worried; to be troubled

2

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1