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aim; goal; prospect; outlook

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consultation on career, university, etc. choices

1

promotion; raising of status

3

chief executive officer; CEO

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branch; branch office; subdivision

2

definite decision; final decision

1

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

1

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

2

international finance

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

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Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict

3

golden age

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jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping

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descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

1

midterm examination

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end of term

1

examination; consideration; test; quiz

1

phobia; morbid fear

2

syringe; hypodermic needle; injector

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human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

2

health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination

3

general hospital

7

(hospital) ward

2

faculty of science; school of science; college of science

1

physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine

1

goo-goo ga-ga

2

would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

1

monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

3

confirmation; certification; ascertainment

1

to take someone's pulse

2

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

2

elasticity; flexibility

1

to pulsate; to throb

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quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already

3

business opportunity

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industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

1

all but dead; half killed

2

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

4

doctor's rounds (in a hospital)

1

director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector

1

modern medicine

1

next or adjoining room

8

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

4

algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)

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cutting class (esp. of university students)

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

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entry (in an event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (on a blog, in a database, etc.); post

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