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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

3

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

component; component stereo

1

volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer

3

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

4

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

5

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

3

volume (sound)

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

3

minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD

2

(audio) recording

1

voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

name plate; name tag; label

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

3

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

12

(a person's) family background; lineage

1

change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

1

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

5

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

10

serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

1

physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

3

hotel

5

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

2

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

2

one month

3

very much; very many; more and more

1

finishing writing; completion of a manuscript

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

start; beginning

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

is that so?; I see; right; oh

5

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

1

to come back

1

meaningless; pointless

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

drool

1

in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

2

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

technique

4

chopsticks

3

easy

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

punctuation mark

1