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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

4

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

3

shabby; seedy

1

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

2

to feel ashamed; to be abashed

1

spiral staircase

2

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

4

examining room

3

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

14

medical examination

6

father; dad; husband; you; he

2

naturally; of course; understandably

2

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

2

epidemic

5

protection; repellent

2

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

4

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

this and that; one thing or another

2

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

2

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

3

age; years

3

clinical (case) history

2

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

corner; nook; recess

2

(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack

2

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

1

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

1

gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale

2

to keep a record; to keep a tally

2

(body) weight

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

4

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

1

spring balance; spring scale; pull tension gauge

2

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

2

hanging; suspending; sling

1

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

13

direct proportion; direct ratio

1

Hooke's law

1

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

1

lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

6

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

2

oh, yes?; really?

9

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

1