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long ago; previous; of a former age

3

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

3

at a moment's notice; readily

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

2

to come back

6

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

1

yakuza

2

maintenance

10

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

6

to take (be in) charge of

2

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

9

likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

1

future; distant future

2

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

to get angry; to become perverse

1

I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit

2

to mimic; to imitate

2

license; permit; licence; certificate

1

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

3

prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

2

to throw into; to dump in together

2

to set aside

1

return; restoration

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

3

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

6

client; sender

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

triple feature (e.g. movie)

2

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

1

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

generous; unstinting

1

arc

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

3

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of

2

date and time

3

contact address

5

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

conversely; on the contrary

5

decrease; reduction; decline

1

both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

1