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elder sister

1

friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

1

root; basis; foundation

1

seal

2

maximum; extreme; utmost

2

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand

1

actress; female actor

1

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

2

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

1

bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring

1

appeal; entreaty; request

1

confession; admission

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

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as a child; when one was a child

5

divine beast

3

to polish one's skills

2

aggressive; pushy; in-your-face

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

3

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

2

desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

1

bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique

1

to be remembered; to go down in history

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

1

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

1

giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy

2

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

2

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

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few in number

4

recent years

2

rate of increase

1

mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size

2

tens of thousands

2

to become weak

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

2

free will

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

2

God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

2

to accumulate merit; to make merit

1

to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down

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belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration

1

extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

3

call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder

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