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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

2

I don't like it; I hate it

1

first step

1

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

1

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

1

chatting; idle talk

1

famous; notorious; noted

1

gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score

81

perusal; one reading; reading through (once)

1

name; title

2

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

5

Italian (language)

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baseless; groundless

3

envelope

5

(wooden) pencil

1

one part; one portion; one section

1

council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees

13

club activities; extracurricular activities

2

negotiation

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

2

narrow-minded

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

1

middle management

2

common; frequent

1

acquaintance

3

signature; autograph

5

writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke

1

sender (e.g. of mail)

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

supplementary lessons

4

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of

2

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

1

to meet face-to-face

4

to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound

1

ecstasy (emotion); (religious) ecstasy; ecstasy (drug); MDMA

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

2

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

2

tatami-matted

3

affectation; showiness; pretence

2

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

3

alternately; by turns

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

3

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

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to that degree; to that extent; that much

2

outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

2

visit (from someone); call

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