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recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

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eye

3

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

12

pen-name

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to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

2

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

number of days; period of days; daily interest rate

2

fifth day of the month; five days

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

1

out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit

2

what on Earth is this?

4

curse; spell; malediction

6

picking; collecting; harvesting

1

catalyst

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

4

handcuffs; manacles

1

scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

3

with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily

1

tennis ball

1

spaghetti

1

two times; twice; two degrees

3

how many years; how long; what year

2

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate

1

100 percent

2

battlefield; battleground

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

1

meat sauce; Bolognese sauce

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

I don't want to boast but

1

richness; fullness; lushness; body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); depth; weight

9

midsummer; height of summer

1

typhoon; hurricane

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

6

cage; pen; (jail) cell

3

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2

angel; angel investor

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(not) in any way; in no way; at all

3

fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

3

pure white; snow white

1

to blaze; to burn brightly

2

bright red; crimson lotus flower

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café

2

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

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echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

3

(top) half naked; naked above the waist

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tent

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