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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

6

pull; patronage; tug; discount

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

4

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

at times; occasionally

1

give-and-take; give and take

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

connection; link; relationship

4

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

4

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

touch; contact

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

5

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

3

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

7

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

2

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

6

similar to; like

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

2

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

6

heroine

10

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

1

disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

1

honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

1

bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

7

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

touching; moving; painful

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

2

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

fact; truth; reality

5

to thrust before; to thrust at

2

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

2

simulation game

4

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

4

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

1

attack; assault; attempt; try

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

2

what

5

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

2

special training; intensive training; crash course

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1