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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

5

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

4

three; three years of age

1

(a) few; some; several

1

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

4

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

4

indoor; inside the room

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

2

to look around; to survey

2

rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

3

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

to finish; to graduate

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

1

table

2

to turn towards; to point

7

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

12

intermediate level

1

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

1

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

3

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

assertion; declaration; affirmation

3

by force

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

3

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

4

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

2

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

5

over-familiar

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

23

that's the way it is; such is life

2

don't you think?; indicates question

6

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

Ramirez

26

founding of a nation

9

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

4

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2