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snugly; cosily; compactly

1

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

1

certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

1

suspenders

3

a size smaller

1

Western painting; Western film; Western movie

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

3

trouble; bother

1

moxibustion

2

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

5

to bear fruit; to ripen

6

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

selection; choice; picking out

1

congratulations

1

don't

5

dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

4

to dig up; to expose; to disclose

1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

3

poet

1

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

escalation

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

5

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

3

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

2

one thing or another; this and that; something or another

5

quickly; briefly

1

to enclose; to surround

1

being left out; being ostracized

4

sound expressing anger

7

brooch

1

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

1

actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

1

karaoke

14

with a gulp

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

4

early rising

2

without permission; without notice

8

without permission; without notice

3

to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on

1

album

2

to lead someone around by the nose

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

3

pro wrestling; professional wrestling

1

cobra twist; abdominal stretch

1