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to suffer an embarrassing defeat

5

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

12

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

3

pride

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

13

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

motive; incentive; motif

2

herself; she herself

5

that; the matter in question

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the opposite sex; isomerism

2

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

2

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

6

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

45

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

19

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

6

articulation

3

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

34

way of talking; speaking style

7

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

11

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

2

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

29

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

98

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

76

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

10

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

2

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

10

king

16

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

22

at least; at most; (even) just

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

74

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

1

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

2

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

2

to get dry

31

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

8

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

37

to solve a mystery

3

to name

2

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

6

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

17

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

2

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

2

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

3

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

13

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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