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selecting a suitable person; personnel selection

3

(not) even once; (not) ever

7

grim face; angry look

3

ouch; ow

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

4

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

3

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

tweezers; forceps

1

absorbent cotton; cotton wool

1

antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution

1

laceration

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

2

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

blow; hit (on the body); beating

2

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

2

blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand

2

to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

2

for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

4

part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

2

hula (dance)

1

listening quietly

3

powerful; strong

8

temporary closing of classes

1

firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

2

prospects of victory; chances of success

1

sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease

1

feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

2

theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory

2

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

1

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

2

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

1

all things; all creation

2

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

5

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

1

weakening

1

earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements)

1

esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

2

the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings

1

earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)

1

the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)

1

sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

3

wood (for building); lumber; timber

1

wood carving; woodcraft

1

strap (for carrying something); strap (on a dress, bra, etc.)

1

dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)

1

thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx

1