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famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

2

dilettantish business; amateurish business

2

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

3

appointment; rendezvous; date

1

young lover of an older woman; boy toy

1

host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)

1

to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

1

to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over

1

mother and child

1

past tense

1

dressing room; fitting room

2

cloth; fabric

3

thank you for your continued patronage

1

buying; purchasing

2

transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)

2

making an attempt; trial run

1

saying too much

1

entrance; front door

1

cheating

1

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

2

female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

3

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

2

short; brief

1

determination; resolution

1

expected date of confinement; expected delivery date (of a baby)

2

both sides; two sides; double-sided

1

technical training; professional education

1

baseball

2

great player; star player

1

standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization

1

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

1

to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in

2

lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure

2

to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine

2

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

3

writer; author

1

proud; having a prominent nose

1

writing; book; (literary) work

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

6

personal pupil

2

survival rate

2

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

2

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

in a row; in a line

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

4

firstborn; first child; eldest child

1

baby girl; primary schoolgirl

3