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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

4

challenger

2

bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism

1

customer traffic; customers; custom

2

senior; elder; person older than oneself

4

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

4

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

2

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

5

contact address

4

general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal

1

counterclockwise; anti-clockwise

2

unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

1

overestimation; overvaluing

3

it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

2

hypnotism

1

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

1

willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis

1

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

2

ill-mannered; rude

1

way of handling

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

1

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

1

close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour

1

to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

3

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

2

to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

1

to get a phone call

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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all members; everybody; regular member

4

false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation

2

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

1

tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

1

to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

1

deployment; spreading out; dispersal

4

goal-making opportunity; scoring opportunity

1

preliminary test or trial; tryout

4

god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

1

to loom in the distance

1

trace

4

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

6

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

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big talk; boasting; bragging

4

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse

1

to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude

1

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

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besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

3

looking on from afar; being a spectator

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