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pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

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supplementary lessons

5

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

2

turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

2

risky

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness

1

basically; fundamentally

1

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

3

haughty

2

reagent

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importance; gravity

4

measuring by eye

2

winter vacation; winter holidays

1

taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child

1

tacit; unspoken; implicit

1

refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained

1

woman; lady; adult female

2

ho-ho

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet

1

seating order

1

slightly shrewd

1

point in common; common feature

1

point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

1

disposition; nature

1

taking care of someone

1

mathematics

1

surface; appearances

2

prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract

1

partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)

2

superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

1

expectation; anticipation; forecast

2

that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me

1

shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

to seize the initiative

2

foursome; group of four people; Gang of Four (Maoist political faction)

1

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)

1

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

2

to select; to pick out

1

giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

1

to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

2

string made from twisted paper

4

to wink; to blink; to twinkle; to flicker

1

boo-hoo; boo-hoo-hoo

5

unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

state of mind; mentality; psychology

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