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around the clock; day and night

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going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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pose; pause

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to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

look, look!

1

some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

double take (esp. out of surprise)

1

feelings of guilt

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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booing

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difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

1

high-level

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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-less; lacking; non-existing

2

ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch

1

warm-up exercises

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swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver

6

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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dubious; puzzled; suspicious

2

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

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don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

(the) whole face

1

pendulum

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murder; murderer

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

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to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

2

parabola

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

3

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

2

to ask a high price; to overcharge

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torpedo

2

violent explosion; bursting

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splash (of water); spray

3

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

2

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

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to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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water's surface

3

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

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encore

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twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

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