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shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

2

yakuza film; yakuza movie

1

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

5

low; vulgar; base; ignoble; mean; selfish

1

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

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greater than ...; bigger ...

2

my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

1

aluminum; aluminium

1

shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter

1

laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

1

quotation; citation; reference

1

clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

cold war; the Cold War

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far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

1

ex post facto report; report after the event

1

functional

1

bar graph; bar chart

1

limited; restricted; constrained

3

cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness

1

old model; old type; old style

1

private affairs; personal matter

1

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

3

cuffs

2

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

2

fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

2

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

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personal use; private use; private business; personal business

2

tip; gratuity; alms

1

to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)

1

first world problem; good problem to have

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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municipal office; council; city hall

1

Town Hall front

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service; duty; work

1

how; in what way; in what manner

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private life

1

paid vacation; paid holiday

2

marriage counseling; marital counseling

2

muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

1

fresh off the farm; inexperienced

3

rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

1

to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

1

attack preparedness

1

view (of life, etc.); outlook

1

to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

1

organic; organic chemistry; organic compound

1

despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits

1

spoon

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blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

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