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unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

8

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

2

sale of goods (as opposed to services)

1

business trip; official trip

2

bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

2

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

3

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

1

advice

1

ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker

1

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

3

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

2

doctors; teachers

3

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

3

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

5

(talking in a) half-joking manner

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

3

person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear

1

(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

1

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

8

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

10

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

2

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

3

well; now; then

1

a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

similar

12

I; me

2

at once; immediately; right now

3

most; much; greatly

5

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

end; close; termination

3

in the future; another day; later

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

2

sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat

1

one second

1

return; coming back

3