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to congratulate; to celebrate

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

2

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

1

diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

5

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

acquaintance

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

way of speaking; intimation

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

business world; business circles; (the) industry

2

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

insatiable; untiring; persistent

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

hey; say; look

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

3

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

10

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

1

target

3

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

3

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1

murder; killing; murderer

2

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

4

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

2

definition

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

we

3

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

2

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1