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to watch over; to watch attentively

6

stealthily; secretly; in secret

3

adult age; majority

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

3

to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

10

third day of the month; three days

2

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

3

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

several minutes; a few minutes

2

decision; settlement; definition

1

Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market

5

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

4

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

3

cowardice; timidity; bashfulness

1

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

3

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

glancing look

1

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

2

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

to attract attention; to come into the limelight

1

the person himself

1

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

2

stop

1

new book; new publication

7

to be sold out; to sell out

1

one's twenties

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

4

way; method; means; resource; course

1

congratulations

1

bow (salute, greeting)

1

any one; any; whichever

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

2

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

1

already published

2

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

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