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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

ball; dance

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car; vehicle

1

deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained

1

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

one's share; one's portion

1

milk

4

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

2

(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

1

not so

5

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

1

public education

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

2

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

2

lettuce

1

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

2

adoption (e.g. of a proposal); acceptance

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

2

to rack one's brain

4

to be manageable; to be able to handle

1

limit; bounds

2

back street; back alley; off-street

1

to live through; to survive

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

6

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

2

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

5

counter for places

9

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

1

sigh of relief

1

lunch; midday meal

2

principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare

1

pedestrian traffic

1

multinational; transnational

1

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

2

to pep up; to cheer up

1

to stand to reason

1

imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

1

superior; better

1

to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale

2

feeling keenly; fully realizing

4

fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress

1

fee; charge; fare

1

paper bag

1

buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

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