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restart; reboot

1

wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker

1

multistoried building

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small fraction; small proportion

1

tall building; high-rise building

1

n-storied building

1

moon; month

6

moonlit night

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

2

resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case

1

partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)

1

composition of a poem

1

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

1

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

3

the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

1

blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad

1

evening; early night hours

1

helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

3

holding one's ground; defending local authority

2

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

1

plan; strategy

2

you could say; you might say; verging on the

2

live-in (e.g. job)

1

to hide; to conceal oneself

1

(police) line-up

1

survival; survivor; relic

2

Moutoku

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

3

brewing

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

4

being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports

1

extensive; wide; broad

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

2

to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)

1

synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive

1

the top (e.g. top ten); the best

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cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person

5

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

3

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

4

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

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