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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

2

sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment

1

every (one) year

1

contract renewal

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

1

profitable plan; good plan

2

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

4

urgent need

1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

2

capsule hotel

1

lodging; putting up

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

and then; after that

12

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

letter of resignation; request for retirement

1

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

2

to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

1

ungrateful

2

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

2

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

gloom; melancholy

2

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

2

classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament

1

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

2

as always; as usual

1

going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

6

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

to be surprised; to be astonished

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

sealed letter

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

address (on envelope, etc.)

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

4

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

1

love letter

1

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

4

letter; missive; note; mail

7

to the end; to the last

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

5

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

6

one thin flat object; one sheet

5

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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