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editorial department

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration

3

inner court; quadrangle

2

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

1

trip; excursion; outing

2

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

1

agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

1

speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

1

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

1

one month

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(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

to look stern

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

6

flower; flowering plant

1

sprout; bud; shoot

4

underground; subterranean

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

tombstone; gravestone

1

next year

5

pity; sorrow; grief; misery

1

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

1

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

1

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

battleship

1

to take over; to hand over

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

agricultural experiment station

1

soil amelioration; soil improvement

3

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

1

neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction

1

useless; futile; vain

1

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

3

to buy; to purchase

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reduction; curtailment

2

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

1

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

2

indemnities; reparations

3

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

pearl; Perl; purl (knitting stitch)

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to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with

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half-sibling (with a different mother)

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