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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

3

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

5

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

5

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

2

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

fatal wound

1

evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

1

to perspire; to sweat

1

to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)

1

mutual love

1

company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating

3

dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

2

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

1

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

1

to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on

1

best

2

Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)

1

showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)

1

one more time; once more; once again

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

1

lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship

1

report; information

1

lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

since when; from when; how long

2

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

3

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

situation

7

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

2

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

3

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known

1

climax; uprush; bulge

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

tempo

1

to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

1

to focus (on)

1