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musical performance

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kitchen; financial situation

2

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

2

to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce

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old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

1

director; trustee

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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daughter

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

4

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

2

few in number

1

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

4

Boston

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Chicago

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regular (permanent) conductor

1

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

1

well-known; famous

1

musician

2

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

2

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

nickname

2

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

5

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

3

parent and daughter

1

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

4

the world of music; the music world

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

6

admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment

1

ruin; destruction; fall

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

3

countermelody

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

steam; vapour; vapor

1

to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

4

hey; say; look

4

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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adds force or indicates command

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butterfly

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

1

to start singing

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

4

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

9

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

2