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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

3

philosophical

1

corporal punishment

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

3

situation

4

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

to improve one's skill

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

1

adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

2

roundhouse kick; turning kick

4

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

5

knee joint

1

handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

1

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

1

doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person

1

windscreen; windshield

1

to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

2

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

2

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

1

average speed

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

2

this, that and the other; this and that

1

only; just; with a snap

1

(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

2

practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar

2

emergency staircase; fire escape

1

the whole page; the entire column

1

spot; point; place; position

4

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

5

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

17

playground; play space

2

reddish brown

2

huge body; large build

2

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

2

again and again; repeatedly

1

removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)

2

cost; expense

2

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation

1

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)

2

sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board

1

flyer advertising a sex-related business

1

poster

2

neighborhood association; neighbourhood association

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

1

countdown

4

collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash

1