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at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

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imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

6

devastating; catastrophic; crushing

1

user

1

street survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire

1

ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

7

first place

2

fungus; fungi

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

2

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish

2

is it not so?

1

lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch

1

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

1

delivery

1

person unfit for society; misfit

1

patent application; patent filings

1

Patent Office; Patent Agency

1

mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

1

round face; moon face

1

eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

1

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

1

molars; back teeth

1

to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

1

dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

4

horror

3

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

8

beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

3

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

2

machine; mechanism; gadget

1

shotgun

1

faint; swoon

1

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

1

to skin; to peel

1

one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

1

conveyor belt; belt conveyor

1

they; them

4

brute; savage; fiend

5

this and that; one thing or another

2

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

give; I give up; uncle!

1

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1