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bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

1

with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind

5

blinking (in surprise)

3

not bad; not half bad; pretty good

1

interference; meddling; butting in

1

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

6

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

1

a long time ago

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

1

to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

2

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

2

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

5

difficult problem; challenge

1

moving; touching; stirring

1

retirement; resignation

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

2

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

1

to be subject to punishment; to be punished

1

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine

1

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

2

to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

1

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

1

trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat

1

coarse; rough

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

2

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

punishment; penalty

7

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

1

noisy; boisterous

2

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

2

great love; passionate affair

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

4

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

1

to get tired of waiting

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

3

without cause; without reason

3

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

2

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

1