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to serve; to work for; to attend

2

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

4

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

mishearing

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

2

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

1

to succeed to a house

5

control; management (e.g. of a business)

6

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

to prosper; to flourish

1

should not; must not

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

2

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

2

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

4

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

2

heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

10

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

convenient

1

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

desk

4

again

1

to make a sound

5

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

crystal

1

thump; clang; clank

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

4

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

1

anger

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

follower; attendant; valet; servant

3

to drag out

1

house arrest

2

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

4

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

5

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

3

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

4

demotion; downgrading

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

1