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focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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to examine someone's expression

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

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amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

3

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away

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end of term; end of semester

2

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

injury; wound

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restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

1

to take off one's glasses

1

terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

1

printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal

1

Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

2

to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely

1

swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

2

training wheels; stabilizers

1

runway

1

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles

3

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

2

publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

2

sniff; sniffle; snuffle

1

relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

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to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

2

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

4

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

2

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

1

counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

1

unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison

1

to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

2

person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer

5

earnest apology

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apology

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stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

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languidly; loosely

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playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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chef

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this store

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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person

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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