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social studies

3

teaching materials

4

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

2

semi-; quasi-; associate

1

placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

1

just one person; only one

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

2

associate member

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

3

to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step

1

picture element; image pixel; PEL

1

high image quality

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted

1

tools and materials; equipment and materials

1

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

2

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

2

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

3

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

liquid crystal panel; LCD panel

1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

2

(very) beginning; start

3

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

3

projection

1

easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive

1

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

1

frequency (of occurrence)

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow

1

distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry

2

analyst; assayer

1

percent; percentage

1

how many points

2

total (number); count

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

2

girls' high school

2

to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

2

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

work of art; artwork; objet d'art

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

3

to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

1

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

1

most important

1

photogenicity

1

round; spherical; circular

1

printout; (computer) printing

2

use; service; purpose

1

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

to express (in words); to confess

1