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sweet and sour; bittersweet

2

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

1

fainting; swooning

1

nursing; looking after

2

trouble; bother; annoyance

3

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary

2

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

2

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

4

close; intimate; on good terms

2

part-time job; side job

3

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

3

flirting; making out

3

pardon me for leaving (first)

1

reduction by half; halving

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

3

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

2

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

frequency (of occurrence)

4

the exact opposite

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

3

energy source

1

to subsist; to keep on living

2

absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical

1

nutrient

1

amount of sugar; sugar content

1

sincere; honest; faithful

3

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

3

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

2

surname; family name; last name

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

3

ear

1

to go wrong; to turn for the worse

1

number of times

2

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

2

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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