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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

2

indescribable

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

2

taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

2

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

2

static electricity

1

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

2

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

1

sketchbook

4

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

7

regret; repentance

3

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

warm and snug; soft and comfortable

1

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

1

to begin to walk; to set out

2

to oversleep

4

big yawn

3

languid; listless

4

bold; daring; audacious

2

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

3

innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

3

commuter rush; rush hour

1

lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

4

to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

period (e.g. class)

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

3

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

5

in that way; like that; that way

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

small bones

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

mouthpiece of a telephone

1

gesture; charades (game)

2

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

2

low voice; whisper

2

knowing only too well; being fully aware of

1

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

2

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

leaving early

2

hand luggage; hand baggage

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

3