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to waste time

4

long talk

2

I; me

2

puddle; pool of water

2

duel; shoot-out

1

mental anguish; mental distress

1

cuttlefish; squid

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

2

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

5

shoehorn

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

sponsor

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

2

sorting fruit

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

3

hearsay; learning by hearsay

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

9

never again

4

rare (or peculiar) animal

1

uncle

2

fever (state of excitement)

1

excavation; digging

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful

1

in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

3

false moustache

1

disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

1

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

1

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

politics; government

1

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

2

to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

1

the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try

2

walking briskly; determinedly

1

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

1

one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate

4

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

3

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

1

dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen

1

prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed

1

at a glance; by accident

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

1

extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL

1

martial arts demonstration; martial arts training

1

isosceles triangle

1