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to swim around

2

calculating

2

pet cat

2

seeming very

3

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

1

aspirin

1

marijuana; marihuana; cannabis; hemp; pot

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

3

to get full marks

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

monster

2

cartoon-character costume

2

babies' wear; baby clothes

1

be; is

1

maternity leave; paternity leave

2

Yokoyama

4

shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie

1

great majority

2

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

scone

2

peanut butter

1

Capote; Capote, Truman (1924-84)

1

to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge

1

gait; one's manner of walking; leg technique; technique involving tripping the opponent

1

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

3

to kick back (ball, person, etc.)

1

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

1

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

2

to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down

5

professional wrestling

1

pedestrian crossing; crosswalk

3

traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

tomfoolery; monkey business

1

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

2

abandoned child; foundling

1

to jump up to one's feet

1

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

1

to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

2

to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

1

railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

1

sediment; earth and sand

1

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

1

making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props

2

change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack

1

being easily frightened; losing one's nerve; coward; chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools)

2

written apology; written statement of regret

1

principal's office

1

loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

3