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

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constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)

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long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

2

to speak ill of; to disparage

3

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

natural; intrinsic; from birth

2

to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

4

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

tone; manner of speaking

2

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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to approve of

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

point in common; common feature

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

1

lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

1

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

1

naivete; simplicity; innocence

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

4

to be found

2

to rack one's brains

4

oracle

1

like; as if; the same as

2

both (people)

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

2

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant

1

make-up; makeup; cosmetics

2

beauty

2

natural; natural (sign)

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

naturalist

2

adoption; selection; choice

1

success; prosperity; boom

1

to come to an end; to close the curtain

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

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each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually

1

abolition; repeal

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

report to the throne

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

2

load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

3

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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