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public holiday; celebration (of)

1

inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known

4

difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia

3

correction; looking over; touching up

1

beginning; opening; start; outset

2

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

3

time series; chronological order; chronology

4

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

8

stupid; silly

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

7

point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

7

noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick

6

to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

5

lost child; stray child

2

debut; first appearance

2

default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation

2

magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number

1

whole book; whole volume; whole story

1

prize for perfect attendance

1

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

22nd day of the month; 22 days

1

to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state

1

must-listen

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

44

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

6

character leitmotif; character theme song

1

collection; compilation

3

feast; banquet

2

frontispiece

1

in addition

7

pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes

5

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

3

entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

1

what sort; what kind

10

to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

1

beckoning

19

message; informative matter

1

roll-call; muster

2

check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification

5

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

13

(combat) uniform

1

to leave (a scene); to step away

6

large-scale

8

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

12

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

3

enemy attack; enemy raid

5

wall clock; grandfather clock

13

at regular intervals; evenly spaced

4

group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

2