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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

3

please ...

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

5

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

2

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

2

bottle

2

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

2

distillation

1

wine

1

before meals

1

celebration; auspicious occasion

1

alcohol; sake

5

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

6

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

law

5

right; privilege

6

to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone

1

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

2

communication

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

4

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

3

circumstantial evidence

3

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

10

thump; clang; clank

1

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

1

to shrug one's shoulders

4

too much; excessive; too

2

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

3

imperial family; royalty

40

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

2

depths of the earth

1

unrelated

3

to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

4

to cite an example

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

3

only recently; just of late

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

2

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

4

successor

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1