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if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow

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paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement

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score; sheet music

2

beginning; start; outset

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sheet music; score

2

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

2

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

4

curt; point-blank

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

cool and clear

2

to expel; to drive out

1

pigeon; dove

1

moment; instant

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

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ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

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back of the hand

2

stepping back; drawing back

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

2

even

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right beside; close to; nearby

1

breathing; respiration

1

beyond comparison; incomparable

3

loneliness; desolateness

1

leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections

1

ankle

1

inspection; examination; survey

2

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

former (incumbent); predecessor

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mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

5

to chase; to run after; to pursue

2

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)

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foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person

2

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

practice; practising; training; study

1

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

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too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

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