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text; textbook

4

maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)

1

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

3

discarding; throwing away; getting rid of; dismissal (of an employee); firing; sacking

1

human rights; civil liberties

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge

1

general public

1

to try all possible means

1

to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

2

(wearing) low over one's eyes

1

quoits; ring toss

1

Chakram

1

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

1

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination

1

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)

3

nine o'clock

2

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

3

to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

2

skewered beef

2

calorie

1

greasy; fatty; oily

1

to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

2

body motion

1

spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

3

(mouth) gag

2

womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

7

counterpunch

1

to step forward; to volunteer

3

industrial goods

1

next generation; future generation

1

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

1

optimization; optimisation

1

to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch

1

shyness; bashfulness; shame

1

reason; right

4

to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying

2

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

2

to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

1

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

2

crushed ice; chipped ice

3

plastic bag; polyethylene bag

1

lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

baseball ground; baseball field; baseball stadium; ballpark

4

track and field; athletics

1

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

1

baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

1