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opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

2

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

8

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

teacher (classroom)

1

monthly salary

1

bottle

2

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

1

student days

1

ill-mannered; rude

2

to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu

1

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

1

only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

4

chain; chains

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

run; race

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

5

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

8

blackjack

1

to defeat

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information theory

1

admirably; exquisitely; aptly

2

a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some

1

dependence; reliance

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

2

to differ; to vary; to disagree

3

we

2

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

2

search

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

3

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

paranoia

2

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

6

shop; small store; business; firm

2

backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

2

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

5

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

4

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

3

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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belief; faith; adherence; espousal

1

economist

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joke

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