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lecture; address; speech

2

fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee

1

man of the hour; woman of the hour

1

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

2

footlight; limelight

1

paparazzi

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

2

essay

1

autobiography

1

spittoon

1

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

1

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

3

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

1

matrimonial happiness; happy marriage

1

good humour (humor); good mood

2

fried dish

1

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

humming; crooning

1

to encamp; to take up positions

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

3

thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

1

arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

1

tracer

1

monitoring

1

drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk

1

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

3

abatement; reduction

1

advance payment; advance delivery

2

memory; memory; recollection; remembrance

4

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

just like; the same as; no different than

1

to pause; to have a short intermission

1

daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

2

acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

family name; house name; family honour; family honor

1

death; the next world; to pass away; to die

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

last night

2

peril; danger; hazard; distress

1

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

3

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

1

planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

1