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with one's own hands

1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

band; belt

1

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

1

on the way back; when about to go back

1

high altitude

1

friendship; friendly relations; fellowship

1

slap; smack; spanking

2

decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card

1

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

2

elucidation; explicit statement; specification

1

game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

1

music for strings; string music

1

beloved; dearest

1

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

1

to let out a cry; to break forth

1

beautiful

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

1

cooling; refrigeration

1

to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order

2

graduation ceremony; commencement

5

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

3

vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards

1

one elbow

1

twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

1

first month of the lunar calendar; January

1

year end

1

student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker

1

National Center Test for University Admissions

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

8

sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing

1

the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty

1

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

1

to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

3

area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

college of music

1

university of arts; arts college

2

powerful medicine; strong poison

1

high-school baseball player

1

grass-lot baseball

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris

1

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

1

to blacken; to darken

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow

1

sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)

2

which; well; now; c'mon

1