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moving into the black; becoming profitable

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public works; public-works projects; public utilities

9

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

2

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

2

unified effort of government and private sector

1

waste; extravagance

2

expenditure; disbursement; expenses

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empty space; empty sky

2

to disappear; to vanish

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

2

comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage

2

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

pleasure; merriment

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

stocking; buying up

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

2

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

3

root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)

1

tax yields; revenue

4

bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)

1

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

2

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

1

divine; imperial

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

reproachful; hateful; bitter

1

upturned eyes

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to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

2

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

1

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

1

trio; gang of three; threesome

1

classical; classic

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threat behavior; show of force; deimatic behavior

2

full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied

1

leader; leading figure

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

4

customer one has never met before; first-time customer

1

away

1

stale; hackneyed; cliched

1

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

cheek (of face)

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

store interior; inside of a shop

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

3

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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scratch; graze; abrasion

3

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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