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primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

2

coarse; rough

1

remaining; left-over; excess

2

prime of youth

1

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

1

poet (of tanka poems)

3

grandiose; exaggerated

2

mystery

1

solution of a riddle

1

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

2

poetry contest

2

to win; to gain victory

3

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

to anticipate; to foresee

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

1

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

2

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

2

floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable

1

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

2

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

to write in

1

now; come (now); well

2

plagiarism; plagiarised work

1

to declare; to plead

2

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

1

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

1

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

way (of doing); method

1

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

1

statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

1

after; later

1

improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up

3

without leaving any trace

1

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

3

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

generation; the world; the age

1