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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

3

hoodlum; ruffian

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

6

sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

2

each floor

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

2

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

5

standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

4

fire extinguisher

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

4

lips

2

to bite off; to gnaw through

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

10

to thrust down; to push off

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

2

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

5

indeed; it's no wonder

2

wave; ups and downs

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

5

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

6

to throw into

1

kickboard; flutterboard; float

2

splish-splash; with a splash

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

3

water current

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

rejection; dismissal

2

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

3

beverage; drink

1

at a moment's notice; readily

2

litre; liter

2

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

9

sixty; 60

2

cooking; kitchen work

1

exception; exclusion

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

go that far; to that extent

1

importance; gravity

2

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

4

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

9

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

as if it were about oneself

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

3