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assistant director

1

well; now; then

16

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

23

to scan; to look over

2

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

1

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

3

to examine papers

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

5

ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)

36

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

7

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

8

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

3

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

5

pain; ache; -algia

5

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

11

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

3

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

17

cold; short; curt; blunt

3

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

5

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

70

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

5

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

5

person

13

doing as one is told; yes-man

1

despite appearances

1

to change one's clothes

8

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

4

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

5

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

8

to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

5

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

5

shin; front of lower leg

5

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

5

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

1

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

for today; for the time being

4

mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

8

agency

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

then; if so; if

6

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

6

one by one; in detail; minutely

2

report; information

3

excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person

3

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

2