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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

2

back of head

2

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

2

hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.

1

to besmirch; to sully

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

3

poet (of tanka poems)

1

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

4

council of war

1

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

3

The Ant and the Grasshopper

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Aesop's Fables

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poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

1

so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!

2

labor; labour; work; Labour Party

1

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

3

copyright

1

impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)

2

mild winter; warm winter

1

(global) warming

2

forty-ninth day after a person's death

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

to continue to work; to work away (at)

1

karōshi; death from overwork

1

manner of death

1

modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition

1

offering

1

this area; around here

17

direct descent; direct line

1

realist; pragmatist

1

grandpa; granddad

5

being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

1

clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate

1

chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)

2

to be lacking in options; to be too few

2

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

6

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

6

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

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baby

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