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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

7

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

leave it to me

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

2

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

2

school gate

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

6

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

2

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

2

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

6

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

3

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

6

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

1

even though; despite; when

4

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

otherwise; if not; or else

1

short sleeves

1

to push (something) against

1

temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

to be well-known

1

relation; relationship

2

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

3

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

1

very

1

to bring up a subject

2

(a) look; gaze

2

fluke; chance; pure luck

2

(police) detective; criminal matter

3

dull pain

2

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

1

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

1

to emphasize; to attach importance to

1

hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

1

men and women of all ages

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

to be popular

1

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

1