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truth is stranger than fiction

2

speed

8

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

to throw oneself (into an activity)

9

yearned for; longed for; missed

2

eyelashes

4

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

5

to put into the mouth; to eat

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with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

4

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

6

amount of drink; one's drinking capacity

2

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

3

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

6

heavy drinker

3

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

to be hot on a person's heels

8

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

15

discerning eye

1

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

to be busy at work; to work diligently

5

sufficiency

5

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

3

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

9

to get someone to say; to make someone say

4

great man; magnanimous man

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

19

to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with

1

demand for; request

4

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

5

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

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rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

3

impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery

2

shameless

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

19

to pursue

2

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

19

person; member

6

relativity; relative

12

to grasp; to get

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

6

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

3

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

6

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

3

one month

1

mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

6

art of conversation

2

to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow

2

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

3

inevitable; necessary

5

deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

3