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every evening; every night

2

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

2

elderly handyman; elderly manservant

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advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

3

staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours

1

random; random sampling

1

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

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wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

practice by repetition; learning by rote

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diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

5

lunch; midday meal

3

careless (with something, esp. time, money, promises, etc.); lax; loose-fitting; relaxed-fit; laid-back (e.g. beat, rhythm); easygoing (e.g. atmosphere)

1

free time; time at leisure

1

each day; from day to day; day-to-day

1

knitting; knitted material; crochet

1

evening meal; dinner; supper

3

evening meal; dinner

3

kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll

1

smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked

1

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

1

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

2

lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

3

visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)

1

(one's) quota; assignment

2

what on Earth is this?

2

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

3

beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball

1

rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

5

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

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(present) head of a family

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to rebuke; to scold harshly

2

going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance

1

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

one's family; family member

1

employee; worker

1

allophone; strange noise

1

strange voice

4

trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

1

trial product; prototype model

1

to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. of a plan); to strike one's fancy; to tickle one's funny bone

1

to hit hard; to strike hard

2

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

scruff of the neck

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splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

3

fire fighting

1

to put out; to extinguish

1

feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

2

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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