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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

4

influence; clout; leverage

3

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

1

general public; the masses

7

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

4

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

2

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

listing

1

full impact; packing a punch

1

none

4

manta ray (Manta sp.)

2

consumption; expenditure

4

whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

2

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

4

age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

1

contrast; comparison

3

to let one's guard down

1

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

1

though; even if; whether ... or ...

1

to bubble; to foam; to froth

1

pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

1

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

3

space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

3

seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good

1

Tarkovskii; Tarkovsky

1

supremacism

3

to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead

1

disappointment; despair

3

onlooker; bystander

1

simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

6

classification; categorization; sorting

7

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

silent movie

1

diversion; putting something to another use

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

3

not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

1

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

1

to shut in; to confine; to contain

1

random; unintentional; unintended

3

ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself

2

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

8

nothing but; none other than

2

high quality

5

specialization; specialisation

4

tolerance; broad-mindedness

1