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selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans

2

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

6

draw (in competition); tie game

2

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

2

hack

2

that year; same year; same age

1

the same month

1

going along voluntarily to be questioned by police

1

early on; earlier on; from early

2

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt

2

evening

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

foehn; föhn; foehn wind; föhn wind

1

El Niño

1

new employee; freshman employee; new hire

4

unmarried person; bachelor; spinster

2

blindness

2

being lightly dressed

2

sharing; division; draw; tie

1

wife

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

1

to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy

2

sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism

1

fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

7

in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)

3

agitation

1

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

2

to take; to catch; to capture

1

delicious; tasty

1

dandy; fop; esthete

2

dead drunk; blind drunk

2

wooden house; woodframe house

2

Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)

3

alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call

1

parent company

1

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

1

L; l

2

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

1

pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)

1

waa; waawaa; boohoo

1

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

1

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

2

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

3

attractive body; nice-looking body

18

female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering

2

empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit

1

to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

1

corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)

4