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small talk; chat; gossip

5

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

1

training; drilling

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

6

delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

1

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

3

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

1

irresponsibility

1

recent years

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

4

opponent; antagonist

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

3

green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass

1

the Absolute

1

desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

2

creation of the world

3

policy

2

bondage (esp. in sexual play); rope bondage; self-imposed challenge (esp. in games); playing a game with extra or new restrictions

8

blessing

10

time and effort; trouble

4

(deeply held) resentment

1

all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

1

love; affection

1

person with an unhealthy romantic obsession

2

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

4

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

1

true friend; close friend

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

3

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

3

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

1

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

2

one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building

1

expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

3

epicureanism; hedonism

1

ephemeral; transitory

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

2

whether or not

1

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

1

logic; logical

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

strait; channel

1

madness; insanity

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1