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good plan or policy

1

answering machine; answer phone

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

rally

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

3

as if; as though

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

2

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

1

three minutes

1

plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

1

Louvre (Museum)

1

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

6

stir; commotion; noise

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

Rubik's Cube; Erno Rubik's Magic Cube

1

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

1

special skill

1

fatal wound

1

candied apple; toffee apple

1

email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

7

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

give up

1

cause of defeat

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

2

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

4

joint struggle; common (united) front

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

5

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

loser; defeated person; the defeated

1

in sign of; in proof of

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

cake

36

game

15

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

3

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

6

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

5

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

2

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

evasion; avoidance

1