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change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

2

smiling; grinning

2

(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures

1

fetish; passion; enthusiasm

1

public order and morals; social standards; public policy

1

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

assistant

2

househusband; stay-at-home dad

2

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

to embrace each other

1

dressed up (in fine clothes)

1

to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

1

with a screech; with a squeak; with a squeal

1

fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee

1

unpaid; unsalaried

1

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang

1

divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help

2

well!; huh; my, my

1

beautiful; gorgeous

1

outcast; odd man out; pariah

1

with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

1

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)

1

to escape death; to be saved from death

2

New Year's Day

1

to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

2

difference; disparity; gap

2

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf

1

almighty; omnipotent

3

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

3

Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood

1

once more; again

2

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

combatant; fighter

1

captive; prisoner (of war)

1

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

2

suspicious

2

to concern; to be related

3

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2

1

out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

1

Manati

4

aquatic life; water creatures

1

free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control

1