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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

3

lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

1

glory; splendour; honour

1

disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

1

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

1

friend

1

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

medley (of food, songs, etc.); (snow or sand) drift

1

spearhead

2

a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash

2

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

joints; points (of a speech)

1

growing pains

1

14; fourteen

2

school uniform

2

making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition

1

application; request; petition

1

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

7

physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening

3

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule

1

to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information

1

supplementary lessons

1

to knit (one's eyebrows)

1

to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

noble birth

1

crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be

1

heaven and earth; top and bottom

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

3

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

4

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

5

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

4

confidential document; confidential paper; classified document

1

to suffer an embarrassing defeat

2

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

school doctor

3

warm; mild; genial

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

2

rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival

2

shit!; damn!

2