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miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

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garlic (Allium sativum)

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simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato puree)

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soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

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manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

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chicken meat

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

2

to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in

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kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

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prawn; shrimp; lobster

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turnip cake (dim sum dish); radish cake

1

to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps

1

vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble

2

wind chime; wind bell

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folding fan

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Chinese

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opera

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

dancing; dance

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

3

presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

1

putting off; postponing

1

to ring a bell

2

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2

dry wind

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just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

to be found

5

is it not so?

4

design; idea; conception; plan

2

to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

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building; structure

3

tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

3

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

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addition to a building

1

hotel

7

overall

2

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

6

(large) building; public building; hall

10

Singapore

2

to be main; to be principal; to be important

1

spiritual realm of humanity

2

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

1

very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

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immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

15

British Museum

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moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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