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nostalgic

1

comparison

4

painter; artist; illustrator

2

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

2

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

3

handsome

1

handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover

3

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

10

to lose sight of; to miss

7

mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age

1

point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

3

mysterious

1

popular person; favorite; favourite

2

to understand; to make out

4

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to find it hard to say

1

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

8

quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)

1

packing; wrapping

3

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

3

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

3

to leave behind

3

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

2

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

wrapping paper

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

2

to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

1

severe; harsh

1

plastic (usu. of bags); vinyl

1

empty box

4

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

11

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

to pay attention (to)

3

(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

2

messenger

1

work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)

1

handle; grip; holder; person who holds

4

good grief

2

to obtain results through legwork; to walk around to gather information; to rely on active effort

1

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

1

brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)

1

out-of-school; off-campus

2

scale; scope; plan; structure

3

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

1

(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

2

wrapping paper

3

to eat too much; to overeat

1