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convalescence

2

official; civil service

2

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

1

(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

1

ink

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

14

teacup

5

long face; looking dejected

1

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

1

mother's milk

1

daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus

2

wristwatch; watch

1

pendulum

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

2

imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage

1

boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other

1

appetite (for food)

2

snow storm; blizzard

1

to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand

1

bare rock; rock surface; rock face

1

premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts

1

high clogs; rain clogs

3

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

2

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

2

touting; soliciting; luring; tout; barker; pander

1

to begin to blow

1

powder snow; powdery snow

2

ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket

1

to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something

1

school cap

1

rare; extraordinary; singular

2

youngest child

2

brightness of snow; reflected light of snow; (by) snow light

3

not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive

1

health preservation; recuperation; recreation

1

snow-covered road

3

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

4

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

10

rigidity; uprightness

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

3

department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

1

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

2

mathematics

43

gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

2

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound

2

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

2