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to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

5

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

2

to refer to; to use as reference

1

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

4

to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

ego; egoism; egoist

2

extortion; shakedown

2

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

wrong; different; not like that

1

a bolt out of the blue

3

mishearing

1

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

to hurry; to rush

1

unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

1

heavy rain

1

or

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raging storm

1

omen

1

to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about

1

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

1

to spend money

1

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

3

artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans

3

erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry

1

gulpingly; in one gulp

1

to communicate

2

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

3

bed and food; eating and sleeping

1

to have a meal; to take a meal

1

form; method; system; formula

1

pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

2

scolding

1

sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

lidded plastic container; Tupperware

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

2

motherhood; maternity

2

coma; dead sleep

1

to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

2

the same as this

1

empty can

2

can; tin; canned food

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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