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wealthy person

1

censorship; inspection; examination

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

3

appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

1

(written) report

5

leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

3

morals; morality; ethics

2

classbook; yearbook; graduation album

1

to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)

1

random; random sampling

2

old friend; old pal

1

beginning; clue; starting point

1

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

2

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

2

plan

2

marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

2

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

1

feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

reduction by half; halving

1

class teacher; homeroom teacher; home room teacher; form teacher

1

adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager

1

club activities; extracurricular activities

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

grave; serious; alarming

4

very unskillful; extremely awkward

2

rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation

2

leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure

4

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

2

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

4

as many (people) as possible

1

sales department

1

to keep a watchful eye on

4

subversion (of the state)

1

excess personnel; redundant staff

2

half-holiday; taking half of the day off

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty

1

peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

2

licking; dead drunk; blind drunk

2

to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off

1

being open but having virtually no business

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

2

natural; intrinsic; from birth

1

completely unknown; unexpected; having no clue about

1

constructive

2