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technique; art; skill; move

3

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

power; might; authority; influence

1

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so

1

end; conclusion

1

God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

1

oh; ah

2

first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

7

start; beginning

2

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

substantial matter; significant item

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

4

bribe; money under the table

2

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

1

last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order

1

negative; minus

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

11

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

2

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

1

to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit

1

foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

1

plan; policy

1

to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

6

silk thread

2

training; drill; practice; discipline

2

on board a ship; aboard a ship

18

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat

3

the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

1

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

1

afterwards

2

elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

1

how; in what way

1

item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry

1

raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation

1

rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

3

getting wet; wetting; exposure to water

1

boathouse; ship's hold; hatch

1

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

1

flat bottom

1

oil paper; oiled paper

3

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

1