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shape up!; act properly!

3

police officer; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) side dish (eaten with rice)

1

to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

4

pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)

4

boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

2

500; five hundred; many

7

to daub; to paint

1

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

1

imitation; fake; sham

1

to palm off; to force a sale

3

(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery

2

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

2

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

4

to be sooty; to be stained

2

winning ticket; lucky number

1

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

6

stakes; bet

3

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

2

coin; hard currency

11

exchange; conversion

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

2

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

3

one third; a third part

3

fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle

6

traces; evidence

1

out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed

1

religious conversion

5

to draw lots

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

2

lottery; drawn lot

3

natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person

1

cost of materials

1

choir

1

singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus

1

brand new

2

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

2

the good old days; halcyon days

1

briskly; quickly; promptly

3

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

1

fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

1

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

1

skillful handling of a kitchen knife

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

autumn; fall

4

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

large serving; large portion

2