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impudent; brazen; shameless; bold

4

Bachelor of Engineering

5

Edgar

5

Borman

49

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

7

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

1

black-market channels; illegal channels

1

low cost

1

craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

187

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

4

fast-talking; rapid talking

4

Doctor of Engineering

1

worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning

2

book; volume

6

adoration; admiration; devotion

2

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

3

to ignore; to overlook

2

to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

2

to be careful in speech

1

to give; to do ...

3

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

4

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

2

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

5

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu

3

mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

2

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

19

intimidating enough to quieten a crying child

1

wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing

3

cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

3

thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

3

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

37

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

3

passage; path; route; one's way

2

shawl

2

hill

21

Audrey; Audley; Awdry

21

limit

11

my husband; one's family; family member

2

prediction; estimation

28

medical prescription; medical practitioners' receipt for health insurance claim

3

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

4

to rampage; to run riot

8

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

8

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

3

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

entering; going into

5

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1