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(v.) set off, highlight

(idiom.) have sth as one wishes; be highly satisfactory and pleasing

(v.) contract

(v.) to clarify | (v.) to settle, to become clear

(adv.) all the time, all day

(adv.) intentionally, on purpose (derogatory)

(adj.) sincere, honest, earnest

(v.) steelyard, balance, scales; (in Taiwan) to weigh

(sep-v.) bear hardships

(adj.) exhausting, hard

(adj.) slow (in thought or action), dull-witted

(adj.) slow, tardy, sluggish

(adj.) hesitant (in making a decision)

(n.) equator

(n.) deficit

(v.) serve as, play the role of

(adj.) plentiful, bountiful, profuse

(v.) to overlap; to repeat (pronunciation) | (adj.) overlapping

(adj.) sublime, lofty, noble, high

(v.) to esteem, to adore, to revere

(adj.) dense, thick

(adj.) hideous, ugly, repulsive

(n.) outlet, way out

(v.) sell; (fig.) betray

(v./n.) come from; previous experience, family background

(sep-v.) be deep in thought, be lost in abstraction, be entranced

(n./v.) good future prospects, make a lot of progress

(v./n.) to reserve, to hoard, to stockpile; reserve

(v./n.) to take disciplinary action, to punish; (lit.) to manage, to handle; punishment, penalty

(n.) an unfavorable situation, a plight, a predicament

(v.) to deal with, to do with, to handle, to dispose of; to punish

(v.) to offend, to violate

(idiom.) (of traffic, people etc.) flow past in an endless stream

(v.) to pass through; to travel (in time)

(n.) a ship, a boat, a craft, a vessel

(n.) a handbill, a leaflet

(sep-v.) brag, boast, talk boastfully

(v.) to extol, to flatter extremely

(n.) smoke from kitchen chimneys

(n./v.) hammer; to hammer into shape