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tea set

3

house hunting

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

6

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

cache; place to hide something

3

seizure; confiscation

24

miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing

9

marking pin

1

to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

1

cloth-covered

2

keen eyes; piercing gaze; penetrating eyes; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception

1

herbivore

1

milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk

6

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

3

crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

6

aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

3

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

6

male-dominated society; patriarchal society

4

overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

2

horses and cattle

1

account balance

1

making love

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

lifestyle

1

theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

1

identity

3

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

4

Elgar

1

butterfly knife

1

one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

4

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

3

even if I told you

2

a hard time; pains

1

within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

4

problem-solving

5

(some small) help; an aid; some assistance

3

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

3

marital relationship

3

counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service

2

respondent

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

4

luck with men

2

invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state

2

personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment

5

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

4

one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword

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