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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

3

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

knife

1

one way or the other; either way

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

memory; sense; experience

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

muscle

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

3

outward appearance; apparent

1

practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

3

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

2

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

well; now; then

1

to look towards

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

3

reward; honorarium; remuneration

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

1

deferred payment

1

as you see; as you can see

2

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

income; receipts; revenue

1

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

1

wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury

2

protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

3

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

both sides

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

1

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

1

reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge

1

to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise

1

trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

2

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

money; metal

2

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

2

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

just because; even if; even though

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