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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

1

construction work

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

flower bed

2

clock tower

2

brick

2

alternately; by turns; one after the other

2

(plant) bulb

2

bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit

1

warmth

2

people; men and women; each person; everybody

3

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)

1

takoyaki; octopus dumplings

1

natural (ability)

3

to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

4

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

a few hours

3

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

2

to emit smoke

2

once and for all; completely; spotlessly

1

pinpoint

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

2

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

4

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

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bingo

2

bang on the money; spot on; right answer

1

mobile phone; cell phone

7

diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

rematch; replay; make-up game

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

2

going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping; sound of a stretched string snapping

3

fatal; deadly; mortal

1

thrilling

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

parting; farewell

1

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

chink in the armor (armour)

2

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

2

guard; girder bridge

1

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

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