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shooting down (aircraft)

2

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

4

lost article; something forgotten

2

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

decoration; ornament; trimmings

2

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

7

nine; 9

5

Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

Nostradamus

1

one's native language; one's mother tongue

1

spelling; orthography; patching; binding

1

prophet; predictor; prognosticator

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

dilettante; person of fantastic taste

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

sixth day of the month; six days

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

3

passenger

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

3

trench coat

1

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

8

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

3

first half

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

5

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

2

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

article; news story; report; account

3

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

2

editor (in publishing, etc.)

1

northwest

2

much less; to say nothing of

1

bald head; baldness

4

middle-aged woman

13

paste; glue; clothing starch

1

stiff; starchy

2

mourning dress

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

1

pointy hat

1

fraudulent loans

1

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

2

religion; cult

1

fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits

1

not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

2