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to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

weather

2

average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

2

insertion; incorporation; infixing

1

every year; yearly; annually

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(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

50

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

2

chlorine (Cl)

3

to show in; to usher in

1

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

2

preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

1

opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)

3

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

2

torture

2

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)

1

two weeks; fortnight

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swimming style

2

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

plan; idea; design; plot

1

to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour

1

(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy

1

mild

1

depth; deep place

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

scanning (e.g. TV); traversal

4

large sake cup; gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

1

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

1

crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

depth

3

plainly; clearly; vividly

2

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

1

image; picture; portrait

1

light; right; right field; right fielder

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

1

main thread (of a story)

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thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

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(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

2

tidying up; finishing

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thought; idea; conception

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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emptiness; vacuum; blank

1

capable of anything; liable to do

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