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very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

4

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

3

dawn; daybreak

3

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

5

to go into labor; to go into labour

4

midwife

4

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

12

disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

8

absolutely necessary

1

love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

4

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

2

alcohol disinfection; disinfection with alcohol

3

vodka

1

frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)

2

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

6

distilled liquor; spirits

2

to shut up; to imprison

15

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

to breathe heavily

1

Lamaze technique

2

breathing techniques; breath control

1

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

8

(childbirth) delivery table; birthing table

1

lower floor

2

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

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exclusion of males; (being) closed to men

8

father; male parent

1

puerperium; postpartum period; postnatal period; bed used by a woman in childbirth

1

to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted

8

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

6

naming; christening

9

religious; spiritual

1

naming; christening; fiance; fiancee

2

subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea

6

on inquiry; if inquiring

5

to talk; to speak

5

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

2

venison; deer meat

1

person who has rendered distinguished service

6

lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

9

selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans

1

germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin

3

kiss

1

a baby's first bath

1

clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes

1

Kamil

378

newborn baby

3

aimlessly (e.g. spend one's time); (be) in a disorderly state; (do) in a messy fashion; with a hazy feeling; in a muddled state of mind; unsettledly

2

crumpled; wrinkled

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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