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to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

2

external wound; (physical) trauma

2

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

envy

1

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

2

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

2

to get someone to say; to make someone say

3

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

2

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

2

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

popular name; common name; given name

2

that is; namely; i.e.

3

precedent

2

great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

13

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

10

recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

1

based on; on the basis of

2

mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)

7

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

2

last year

3

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

6

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

1

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

5

the whole month; all the month

1

within; inside of; less than

2

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

3

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

1

short-term

1

production; manufacture

2

scales; weighing machine

2

to mix; to blend; to combine

1

playing house

1

infant; baby; little child

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

9

time around sunset; early evening

1

fortifying; fortification

2

laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker

1

removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

3

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

2

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

13

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

1

(a) step forward

1

leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)

2

substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation

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