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place; situation; position; location

2

to snatch (at); to grab

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)

1

to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

6

self-introduction

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

2

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

2

president (of a society); chairman

5

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

1

foundation

1

news

2

unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

2

grandchild

1

to take up employment

1

director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

1

system; organization; organisation; architecture

2

complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

economic world; financial circles; business community

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

merely for form's sake

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

5

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

7

influence; clout; leverage

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

3

upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

having an ancient and honorable origin

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

1

is not; am not; are not

1

(with a) start; fright; alarm

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

4

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

3

hanging garden; hanging gardens

1

woman; female; feminine gender

5

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

4

sideview mirror

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2