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news department

2

labor; labour; toil; hardship

1

crude oil price

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

1

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

3

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

7

fairyland; never-never land

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

3

to have troubles; to have concerns

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

9

secret society

4

group; mass

7

secret; private; surreptitious

6

profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

1

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

1

association of like-minded people

2

casual

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

Knights Templar; Knights Templars

1

rose

3

cross; crossed; cruciform

1

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

1

member; the membership

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

drinking companion

1

to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl

1

the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking

1

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

1

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight

1

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

3

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

3

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

4

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

2

collecting; assembling

2

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2

simply put

1

hot line; hotline

3

very loose; slowly; leisurely

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

3

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

2

soviet; Soviet Union

1

submarine

4

(United States of) America; USA

1

American-Soviet

3

diving; submerging; going underwater

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

10