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throat lozenge; cough drop

4

good feeling

2

refined Japanese sugar

1

the big two...; two major...; two main...

1

leader; magnate; big head

1

medical efficacy; effect of a medicine

1

several types; several kinds; several species

1

herb

1

slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating

1

feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering

1

provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club

1

buckwheat flour

2

(a) confessional

2

word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

1

amphibia; amphibian

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

stealing another's romantic partner

2

script; screenplay; scenario

1

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

1

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

1

starch

1

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

1

yum cha; eating snacks (esp. dim sum) with tea

1

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

2

superiority complex; sense of superiority

2

chopstick case

1

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

3

vulgar; coarse; low

1

to be led by; to be headed by

1

congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties

1

foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)

1

chain of command

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

every one; each

2

assault; violent attack

2

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

4

agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance

1

joy; pleasure; delight

1

genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious

1

communality; community; having something in common

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

1

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

1

father

1

to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart

1

purgatory

1

medical thermometer

1

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1