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discretion; judgement; judgment

1

tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer

2

military aspect

2

timing-wise; timewise; seasonal; depending on the time

1

to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

4

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

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself

1

left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

1

both extremes

1

data; datum

1

person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk

1

oneself; myself; I; you

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

1

loss; going missing

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

search; quest; pursuit

2

inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

2

archduke

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quantity over quality; quantity before quality

2

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

3

to breathe

1

laboratory

3

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

1

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

4

cage; pen; (jail) cell

8

calculation; computation

1

minced meat; ground meat

1

change of schedule; schedule change

1

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

earthquake

14

seeing off and meeting on return

1

to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry

1

radiation; emission

3

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

5

water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo

2

conflict; fighting each other

1

run out of

1

authority; power; function

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to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

1

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

1

higher rank; better position

4

to send (rain); to shed

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shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom

3

extremely; greatly; truly; really; (not) that much; (not) really

3