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new graduate; recent graduate

2

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

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recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

3

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

7

word for word; one word

1

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2

getting nauseated; getting angry

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

1

home area; home town; local

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

pedestrian traffic

1

bamboo grove

3

unpaved; unsurfaced

1

making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

1

steep slope

1

nine; 9

2

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

2

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

commuting to work

1

saddle

2

handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name

5

sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

3

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

1

months (period of)

4

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

2

rotation

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

polo shirt

2

coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

1

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

4

to order; to command; to appoint

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

midterm (mid-semester) test or exam

1

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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truancy; school non-attendance

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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