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thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

2

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

3

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

4

to clap

1

barrel

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

popcorn

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

2

to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...

1

ago; since; before; previous

1

modesty; self-control; discretion

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

1

suspicious-looking; fishy

2

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

1

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

1

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

slurp; slurping sound

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

abuse; misuse; perversion

2

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

fool; blockhead

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit

2

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

to take a veneer off something

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

nourishment; nutrient

2

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

2

vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow

1

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

number; number plate; license plate

5

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

to sit silently at a meeting

1