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rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

2

to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

1

storehouse; warehouse; godown

1

piece of metal

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

3

manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

12

penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service

2

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

3

almost; roughly; approximately

1

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

3

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

3

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

2

off-the-record

2

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

1

lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

2

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

7

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

4

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

3

eye-witness; witness

3

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

4

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

4

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

senior high school; high school

1

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

3

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

3

to bear; to endure

2

netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user

2

consensus; collective will; collective opinion

2

chance; opportunity

1

pinch-hitting

1

batter's box

2

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

strikeout; strike out; fanning out

1

batter

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

4

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

5

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

reason; pretext; motive

7

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

4

piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)

6

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3