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chopsticks

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

peak; peek

1

to become distinct

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halfsies; splitting evenly between two people

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

2

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

2

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

to be lacking in options; to be too few

2

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

2

daily rate; (day-by-day) schedule; program

1

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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recreation

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

stirring; slight movement

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

to wish to go well; to have good intentions

1

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

3

financing; loan

1

getting an advance (on one's salary)

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

2

point of compromise; common ground

1

payment

1

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

3

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

full

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quick pace

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brute force approach (esp. in a video game)

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

1

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

even though things may appear this way

1

to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

1

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

to look stern

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

level; value

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

one rank; one grade

1

to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

1

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

1

village headman; village mayor

1

money; cash

1

our

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garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

3

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

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