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confinement

3

going on a pleasure jaunt

1

to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

1

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

2

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

2

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

73

to frolic about; to mess around

6

a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

1

please do (something)

1

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

1

hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation

1

to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

complete recovery

2

prognostic symptoms; after-effect

4

untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)

2

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

one week

6

even now; still; as yet

10

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

2

to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

2

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

1

just a little

5

Chikage

3

attractiveness; charm; amiability

2

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

5

corporate giant

1

command; direction

2

relative; relation

1

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

5

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

elite

3

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

11

invitation

7

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

3

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

father; male parent

3

before long

2

dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

2

romance; love's pathway

3

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective

3

the person himself

2

likability; favorability; popularity

2