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many; much; plenty; hardly

9

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

4

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

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

8

way of justification, sorting, etc.

1

aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

Rousseau; Rousseaux

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short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; small article; small item

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Barbizon

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Impressionists

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conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

2

large number (of); many; majority

2

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

2

always; usually

2

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

2

to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

3

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

1

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

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to invite; to call out

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

3

both; (not) either

1

obvious; undeniable

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

1

however; having said that; but

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

2

self-reliance; self-help

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

to dispose of; to sell off

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staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

2

scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

1

sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair

1