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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

2

what nationality

1

child

4

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

3

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

2

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

4

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

it serves you right

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

1

to win; to gain victory

8

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

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 own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

5

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

3

to cling to; to embrace

2

tonight; this evening

1

stamina; energy

2

Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

1

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

1

child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster

1

process; course; mechanism

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

(one) line; (one) row

1

to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk

2

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

1

to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

1

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

1

dodgy dealings; monkey business

2

Flagship (company)

1

evidence; proof

7

very busy (person or thing)

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

bride

1

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

6

disgrace; humiliation

2

compensation

1

to have time free; to have time to spare

1