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hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

4

man among men; man's man

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

2

it's been a long time; long time no see

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

4

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

1

making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

1

turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

1

cast (of a play)

2

annoying; noisy; strict

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acting; performance

2

to have a talk; to tell a story

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to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

3

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

brute force approach (esp. in a video game)

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

8

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

2

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

2

easy task; no problem

1

favorable; favourable

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to be reliable

2

nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

4

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

2

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

failure; mistake; blunder

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(theatrical) costumes

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

richly colored; richly coloured

1

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

hair dyed brown

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

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man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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selection; choice; option

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

3

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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not bad; not half bad; pretty good

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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