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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

1

to scoop; to ladle out

3

low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

1

don't worry about it; forget about it

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

2

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

8

adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

shy; a very shy person

1

pork

2

schedule; itinerary

3

event; function

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

2

garden party

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to fear; to be afraid of

1

end-of-year

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

1

that is; namely; i.e.

1

half a year; six months

1

conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment

2

to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

to be full of pride; to be boastful

1

the lower classes; the common people

1

beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

3

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1

poor doctor; inept doctor; quack

1

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

6

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

4

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

spoon

3

wicked woman; ugly woman

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

frankness; impulsiveness

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

4