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to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence

2

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

1

time; labour; labor

2

leaving everything up to someone else

1

plant; vegetation

1

to keep a watchful eye on

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

13

pistil (of a flower); stamen

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

exceedingly; extremely; dearly; most of all; above all else

1

to cut; to prune; to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

6

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

9

sad; melancholy

2

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

2

chrysanthemum flower

2

fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person

1

naivete

1

glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory

3

setting sun; evening sun

1

canal; waterway; ditch

1

tanned by the sun and sea breezes

1

look; glance; (at first) sight

2

bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut

1

the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

3

midnight; 12am

3

bribe

2

semi-governmental; semi-official

1

rebel army

3

training school

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

6

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

2

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

1

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

big problem

1

night before last

3

sly; cunning; crafty

3

readily; very eagerly; without moment's hesitation

3

wild chrysanthemum; aster

1

clever scheme

1

division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

4

to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

5

major stockholder; large shareholder

4

good idea

1

name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext

8

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

2

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

3