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cookware; cooking utensil

2

equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

2

experimental; provisional

1

the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings

1

nutrient

1

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

1

beginning; start; outset

1

phrase; strawberry

1

chief; main; principal; major

2

apparently; appears to be

2

a find; windfall; bargain

2

(by force of) circumstances

1

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

3

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on

3

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

4

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

2

finding employment; getting a job

1

job hunting; job searching

1

good

2

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

template; run of the mill; formulaic

2

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

3

duty of confidentiality

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

3

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

antiquity; ancient times

2

honour; honor

2

to refer to; to mention (e.g. theme)

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

3

heir; inheritor; successor

1

self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV)

1

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

3

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

silent

2

top news; front-page news; lead story

1

most difficult; next to impossible

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

in detail; with great care; completely; fully

3

suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

2

call; hail; yell

2

lady; ready

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

1