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bet; wager; stake; gamble

2

next term; next period; next version; next release

2

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

excuse; pretext

1

talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

successor

1

elevator; lift; elevator

3

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

1

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

national university

1

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

with a bang

1

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

2

fireworks

1

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

1

back tooth; molar

1

to get between; to be caught in

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

6

fame (for one's bravery); great renown

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

2

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves

2

helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence

1

pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8

taxi

5

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

1

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

2

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

5

hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt

2

trachea; windpipe

3

tube

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breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe

4

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

6

massage

2

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

2