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twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

3

renewal; update; innovation; improvement

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

5

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

site; point on a map; spot

1

in this way; thus; such; uh...

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to be opposite; to face each other

3

specialization; specialisation

1

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

8

to be born; to come into the world

3

self-justification; excuse

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

5

is not; am not; are not

21

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

2

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

21

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

3

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

11

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

17

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

21

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

once more; again

35

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

in comparison to; rather than

46

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

3

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

4

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

87

to be transparent; to show through

3

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

4

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

19

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

3

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

club that has suspended its activities; not attending one's club

3

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2

several seconds

3

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

20

to have in one's dreams

1

really; truly

7

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

10

to fly in the air

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

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