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reconnaissance satellite; spy satellite

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Hong Kong

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

4

boring; dull; uninteresting

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fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol

3

hot sake

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this evening; tonight

2

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

3

wavelength

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brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

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synchronization; synchronized swimming

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inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world

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to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round

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to engrave; to carve out

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori

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inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

2

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

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to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer

2

sound of voice; vocal sound

2

to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)

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to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

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more than usual (usu. time)

3

oral; in the mouth

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gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma

2

to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to cross

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bilateral symmetry

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faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

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value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

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commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake

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secretion

3

to expel; to drive out

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in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

4

comfortable; pleasant

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to date; as of now

2

heartfelt

1

first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

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to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

2

flood; flooding

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main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

5

receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

4

to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

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to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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