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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

3

persuasion

1

graphic design

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

7

connection; pull

1

editing; compilation

1

production

1

joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company

1

a few years later

1

monthly salary

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one

1

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

client

1

advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company

1

twenty-five

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

4

marriage

11

at that time; in those days

6

gin and lime

5

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

2

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

divorce

30

simply put

1

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

2

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

full operation

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

8

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

coexistence; living together

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

2

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

2

pressure

2

sincere; earnest; serious

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

self-torturing; masochistic

2

joke

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

4

irresolute; hesitant

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

4

depression

4

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

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