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offender; criminal; culprit

11

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

2

criminal profile

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

3

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

2

to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install

1

speaker

3

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)

3

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

4

school infirmary

14

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

1

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

8

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

6

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

23

school counsellor

16

going straight to the infirmary in school

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

2

student guidance; student counseling

15

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

25

interview

1

now that; since; so long as; because

4

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer

6

No Visitors

1

incident; affair; happening; event

5

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

12

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

leader; central personage

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

3

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

2

another time; some other time

4

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

12

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

6

separate case; another matter

3

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

8

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

15

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

4

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

6

ridiculous; odd

7

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

21

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

5

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

7

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

2

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

18

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

3