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outsourcing; subcontracting

1

style; form; pattern

1

corner; nook; recess

2

dear

1

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

2

foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

4

finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

4

single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall

9

business; work; operations; service; duties

6

kennel; doghouse

2

calling on; visiting

1

surveillance camera; security camera

3

decaf; decaffeinated coffee; decaffeinated

2

mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

3

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

1

private secretary

2

approximate age

1

to look young; to seem young

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

2

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

5

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

1

name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound

84

sexual harassment

2

harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

1

holder

1

field officer

1

to make coffee; to brew coffee

2

recent photograph (of a person); recent picture; latest photograph

1

shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

1

ho-ho

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

2

fax; facsimile; fax machine

1

copying; duplication; reproduction; copy

2

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

4

serial number

1

order; directive; instructions; command

14

coating

1

fax; facsimile; fax machine

1

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

2

outside (an organization, department, etc.)

2

drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate

1

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

dangerous thoughts

1

pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected

1

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

1

absolute secrecy

2

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

1