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loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home

2

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

2

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

4

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

5

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

18

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

breakdown; rupture

4

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

1

abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

2

head; brains; intelligence

1

obedient; docile; quiet

6

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

2

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

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

even though it is not; despite not

1

to the end; to the last

4

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

1

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

9

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

2

discipline; punishment; reprimand

4

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

2

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

2

(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

8

several day period

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

4

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

corner of one's eye

1

obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

1

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

1

staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

annoying; noisy; strict

1

rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

1