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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

4

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

2

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

4

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

1

disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

2

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

1

call; hail; yell

1

(written) invitation; letter of invitation

4

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

1

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

2

fine quality

1

sealing wax

3

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

2

paper knife; letter opener

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

2

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

1

founding of a nation

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

2

family lineage

4

hundred; 100

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

4

this area; around here

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

3

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

3

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

4

small country

10

foreign enemy; outside invader

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

state; country; nation

1

threat; menace

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

2

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up

1