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desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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simmering; (boiling) gently

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

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material; ingredient

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improvement; reform

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without saying a word

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armful; bundle

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(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

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big job; great task

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(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly

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often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

1

beginning of the year; the oldest person

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congratulation; celebration

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address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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old custom; tradition

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first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

1

switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)

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to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

1

reception; welcome

1

silk goods

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

1

hat; cap

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

over-fond parent; doting parent

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(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

stethoscope

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(sound of one's) heartbeat

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both mother and child

1

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

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prescription; formulation; formula; recipe

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difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia

3

sutra

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

monkey

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rebirth; reincarnation

2

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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princess; Her Royal Highness

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outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

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to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

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to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

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Calne

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six (long cylindrical things)

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