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brilliant; bright

1

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

2

skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination

4

pasta

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

flashback

3

enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

hermitage; retreat

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

1

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

2

large explosion

1

to rant and rave; to raise hell

1

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

2

yellowish; cream-coloured; cream-colored

1

Elder

1

root; source; origin; cause

2

comprehensive evaluation; over-all judgment; general comment

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge

1

abusive language; violent language; wild words

2

older brother

70

word; remark; statement

2

decision; judgment; resolution

1

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

the reverse; other side; lining

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

1

axis; pivot; central figure; key man

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

next; secondly; subsequently

1

place of employment

1

forevermore; for eternity

1

truly; in earnest

2

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

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

9

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious

1

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer

1

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

2

coward; dastard

2

recovery; undoing; recall

1

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

1