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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

2

evening sun; setting sun

2

cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

1

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

3

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

3

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

5

regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

1

wooden pipe; wooden bobbin; woodwind instrument

1

low tone; bass; low voice

3

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

4

to produce a sound

4

percussion instrument

1

irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

command; direction

10

conductor's stick; conductor's baton

2

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

2

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

2

to get a phone call

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

child

1

to begin to walk; to set out

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

2

gradually; day by day; every day; each day

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

2

school of one's (first, second) choice

1

preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school

1

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

4

lecturer

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

1

know-how

1

immediate reply

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

2

next week

3

Friday

2

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

to anticipate; to foresee

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

7

to add to the staff; to increase the staff

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1