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to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

2

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

oneself; myself

1

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

2

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

unqualified; without qualifications

1

job hunting; job searching

2

job hunting; job searching

3

first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

1

seller's market

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

2

unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision

2

again

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

employment examination

1

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

2

interview (e.g. for a job)

4

the first

1

our company; my company

1

compromise; giving in

2

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid

1

experience

4

self; oneself

1

PR; public relations

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial

1

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

3

to iron; to do the ironing

1

waking up early; getting up early; early rising

1

alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap

2

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

2

pressure

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend

1

Christmas Eve

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

momentary; instantaneous

1

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1