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everyday occurrence

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face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

3

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

8

life span

1

instigator

2

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

3

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

6

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

2

profitable; lucrative

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

2

jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)

1

murder; murderer

1

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability

1

and then; and so; and; so then

4

to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

2

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

5

to forget to say; to forget to mention

1

what is it?

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

2

ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile

1

free

1

advance payment; money paid in advance

3

fixed rule; usual way; usual method

1

pluralizing suffix

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

with a thud

1

client; requester

7

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

2

face value; par

2

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

1

rest of the payment

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

4

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

1

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

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

2

band of robbers; gang of thieves

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

6

beautification; glorification

2

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

2

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

4

very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount

1

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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