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sincerity; good faith

2

dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory

2

worship; adoration; admiration; cult

2

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

4

foolish undertaking

1

neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt

2

to have one's name entered (in a list)

1

old; olden

2

favor; favour; affection

6

secrets; mysteries

2

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

2

yoke; constraints; oppression

2

heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy

3

dreamy state of mind

1

(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...

3

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

1

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

1

acute ear; good ear

1

step-parent

1

being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness

1

moment just before something happens; verge (of doing something); brink

1

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

3

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

1

gecko; house lizard

1

opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension

1

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

striking effect (e.g. of a remedy); dramatic results; special effect; special effects; SFX

1

it is I who should say so

1

sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

decisiveness

1

but; however; even though; even if

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

1

mist; haze

3

one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

1

sometimes; often

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

scorched earth

1

homesickness; nostalgia

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

1

guest; visitor; visitor's arrival

1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

2

backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion

2

point of departure; initial point; starting point

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