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ardor; enthusiasm

3

not yet fixed; undecided; pending

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama

1

narration

1

mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly

1

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

1

rare (or peculiar) animal

1

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating

1

2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC

3

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

1

animated cartoon; animated film

2

amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall

1

unlisted (company, stock)

2

one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train

3

reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees

3

to make contact

1

owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

1

investor; financier

1

settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

2

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

1

bottleneck

1

finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit

1

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

1

natural disaster

1

earthquake

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

3

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

1

setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

4

shut up!; be quiet!

1

job hunting; job searching

1

debriefing (session)

2

dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)

1

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

revengeful ghost; apparition

1

to smile

2

drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

2

deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall

1

alcoholism

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

goal to strive for; challenge

1

inside pocket

1

married man

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

1

to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

1