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decision-making

1

fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience

1

pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated

2

comparison and contrast

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

communications gap

4

to apply; to adapt

1

nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

human relations; personal relationships

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

1

isomer

2

information transfer; information transmission

2

communication

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

2

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

shoe box; shoe shelf

5

locker; rocker; rock'n'roller

3

cube

5

enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)

2

poisoned

2

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

2

hallway slippers; indoor shoes

5

breakfast

2

eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

1

headlong rush; rushing recklessly

1

lunch box; bento box

2

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

1

novel; original; new; innovative

1

(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

1

fantastic; bizarre; incredible; tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)

1

Giger

1

no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about

1

religious ecstasy; religious exultation; ecstasy; rapture

1

adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid

1

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively

1

frog spawn; frogspawn

1

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

3

room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious

1

to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

2

with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

1

to interrupt; to butt in

1

sisterly love; affection between sisters

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1