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insufficient study

2

to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)

4

merely

3

recent years

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loss by default; default

3

interruption; interference; butting in

3

going through; going via; going by way of

4

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

2

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

5

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

3

earnestly; immediately; exactly

1

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

2

inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand

5

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

2

agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination

2

high official

1

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

34

place of (new) post; (new) place of appointment

1

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

1

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

4

notes; remarks (reference) column

1

to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

3

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

5

call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

2

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

competent; suitable; qualified

3

with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly

1

secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

1

to tell a lie; to fib

13

thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker

1

flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter

1

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

2

cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)

1

falconer; hawker

1

depth of water

2

pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

12

batter; batter

2

home run

4

strikeout

1

pitch that hits the batter

1

flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative

1

one set; one suit

1

set of tools (implements); kit; outfit

1

baseball team

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emperor

1

imperial family; royalty

3

living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate

2

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

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