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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

5

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

smile

1

in this manner; in this way; like this

1

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

third floor

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acquaintance

1

this morning

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source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

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to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

1

additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run

2

soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

1

sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

short; brief

1

yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly

1

huge mound; heap; pile

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

2

editing; compilation

2

the staff; inside the department

5

20 years old

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

4

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

to run up to

1

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

4

even; but; however

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

4

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

2

study; diligence; discount; reduction

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superior officer

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briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

1

standing at attention

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police inspector

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family name; house name; family honour; family honor

2

food

1

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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