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delicious; appetizing; appetising

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

3

play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

1

having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

7

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

2

soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

cooperation; mutual aid (help)

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks

1

threat; intimidation; menace

3

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

2

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

at one's fancy (whim)

1

to kill time

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

guidance

4

romantic

1

to talk; to carry meaning

3

prologue; preface

2

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

2

combination; pair; duo

1

to hell with; be damned

1

straightforwardly; being outspoken

1

to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

2

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

1

high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling

1

deceiving; cheating; fooling

1

numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)

1

counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

3

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase

2

astrology; horoscope

1

utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

1

swindling

1

(public) duty

7

I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice

1

boys and girls

2

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

3

riddle; puzzle; enigma

2

no, not like that (but like this)

9

scene; view; prospect; outlook

4

to be comprehensible

2

real time

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

endless; boundless; everlasting

3