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to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

hiding one's embarrassment

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patriarch; family head

1

performance of one's official duties

1

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

2

to collect; to assemble; to gather

2

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

8

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

1

opinion; view; comment

3

anguish

2

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

3

lack of experience

1

recovery; restoration

1

law

1

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

to anticipate; to foresee

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

companion; partner; spouse

15

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

green hand; novice

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

3

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

the former

1

heaven and earth; top and bottom

1

decision; determination

1

matter; item; facts

2

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

2

marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

3

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

high-ranking; senior

1

just one person; only one

2

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

to bring someone along

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

3

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

2

stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

2

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

2

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

4

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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jest; joke; funny story

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

2

out of character; unlike one

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