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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

9

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

diagnosis; medical examination

4

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

4

empty-handed

3

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

4

property; possession

4

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

7

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

5

to scoop up; to dip up

2

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

2

great-grandchild

2

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

2

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

2

white noise

3

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

7

shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake

2

fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

2

(circuit) breaker

2

appearance; figure; shape; form

4

should not; must not

2

to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working

1

chatting; idle talk

3

to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

3

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

3

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

2

adversary; opposition; hostile forces

2

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place

2

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

2

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

2

to flare up; to burst into flames

1

bodyguard

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

4

to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude

1

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

4

assassin; to assassinate

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

2

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

2

sender

1

one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)

1

babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant

4

tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm

3

configuration information

2

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

2