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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

2

to put someone to trouble

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generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures

1

injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

1

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

2

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

future prospects; promise

1

contract employee

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

3

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

cadet

1

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

2

several years

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in those days

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shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

1

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

1

embarrassing; awkward

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

1

we; us

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

settlement; solution; resolution

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

1

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

soundless; mute

1

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

tear-stained face

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happy tears; tears of joy

2

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

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to wait and see; to see how the land lies

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to wipe; to dry

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then; if so; if

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handkerchief

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epilogue

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going south

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pleasant feeling; good vibes

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