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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

cooperative; helpful

3

masterpiece; masterwork

1

revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story

1

gimmick

1

excellent; superb; first-rate

1

regarding highly; attaching importance to

2

bull's-eye; the mark

1

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

7

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

that sort of; like that

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person

1

greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades

1

reverse; moving in reverse; rewinding (a tape, etc.); vomit; rebirth

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with a start; with a jump

2

grim face

1

casual; informal

1

to be traumatized; to be shocked

1

modifier; qualifier

2

(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse

1

beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon

1

Gothic Lolita (type of fashion style)

1

by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

jealousy; envy

1

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable

2

skin care

1

self-improvement

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain

2

abatement; reduction

2

to crowd; to flock; to swarm

1

majority group (party, faction)

1

such-and-such a place

1

the former; the first

1

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

1

club activities; group activities

1

(written) application; application form

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way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

2

having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

reassuring; stouthearted

1

all over the island; throughout the island; on the island

1

with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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nearest station

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

relief; aid

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