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to become better; to improve

1

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

5

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

principal; headmaster

1

special lecturer; guest lecturer

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

2

genuine crying

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

3

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

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

even though; despite; when

2

mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

lake

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all night long; all through the night

1

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

because; as; since

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

2

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

gap; space

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

green hand; novice

1

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

2

history; pedigree; lineage

1

(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

1

the four seasons

1

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

2

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

5

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

5

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

1

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

4