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exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

4

effectiveness of advertising

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

2

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

sum total; total amount

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

3

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

3

risk

4

charming; fascinating; attractive

5

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

6

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

7

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

3

to weep one's eyes out

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

2

to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

3

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

3

to put one's strength into

2

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

3

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

newspaper story (article, account)

1

to look down on; to make light of

1

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

3

sniff; sniffle; snuffle

1

shoulder

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

8

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

9

to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

2

temper; disposition

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

10

touch; contact

4

branch manager; manager of a branch office

5

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

conviction; belief; confidence

9

to collect evidence

1

to become clear; to be made public

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

10

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

2

to be silent; to say nothing

6

still (continuing); as ever; further

2

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

2

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

4

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

6

expressing one's mind; speaking out

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