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in one's own way or style

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to grow old; to age

1

cylinder or rod-shaped

3

with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

1

exit from a room

1

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

-like

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movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

well, I must admit ...

2

late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

1

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

2

ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

to be smeared; to be covered

2

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

1

sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent

1

to hand over; to surrender

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death

1

history

3

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

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

2

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

12

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

2

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

rut; wheel track; furrow

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

2

rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)

4

but; however; provided that

2

curio; antique

1

to bite off; to gnaw through

2

candlestick; candlestand

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

2

sardonic laugh; scornful smile

1

to steal (from a person)

3

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

6

smoke; fumes

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

1

bitch

1

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

to buy; to purchase

8

to buy back; to redeem

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

1

business

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