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old person; old people

1

calculator; computer

1

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

1

city name; name of city

1

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

2

icon

2

otherwise; if not; or else

2

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

looking straight at the camera; paying attention to the camera

1

to be photographed; to be projected

3

printed matter

1

Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition

3

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

1

to get a phone call

2

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

agricultural land; farmland

13

pioneer; settler; colonist

1

carpenter

1

narrow; small; cramped

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

14

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

to be pressed for time

1

Daydream (Mariah Carey album)

1

recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

1

stop; stoppage; end

1

last week; the week before

1

frequency (of appearance)

1

to turn against; to become an enemy

2

to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

1

realistic; pragmatic

2

ongoing; in progress; afoot

2

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

7

embezzlement; fraudulent use; plagiarism; appropriation

1

sketch

1

very short and stout; small but quite wide around

1

dynasty

1

armed intervention

2

domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting

1

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization

1

unkind; mean

1

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

1

to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)

1