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to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

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fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

where to?; whither?

1

duty room; staff room; waiting room

1

thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete

2

very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn

2

visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms

1

level of humidity

1

grandmother

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Cupid (Roman god)

3

stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

2

change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment

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willow tit (Parus montanus)

2

to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance

2

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

1

to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor

2

tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

1

to be relieved of one's post

1

women and children; woman; grown woman; wife

1

section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

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important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station

1

political

3

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

3

sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

3

escaping from prison; jailbreak

6

straitjacket

3

something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

5

earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers

1

raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

4

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

4

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

4

proud; having a prominent nose

2

Sofia (Bulgaria)

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

linker; linkage editor

5

arrestee; person arrested

1

detention pending trial; confinement; custody

2

arrest on a separate charge

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black marketeer

3

fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing

1

both (people)

4

war or military record; score; military achievements; results

2

self-service; self-

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motion

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hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation

3

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

3

surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

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