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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

6

absolute secrecy

2

telegraph

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

every morning

6

newspaper

6

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

26

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

6

classified document; confidential document

3

to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

you; dear; honey

18

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

1

cheerfully; excitedly

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

woman; female; feminine gender

3

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

5

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

6

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

3

meal; dinner; diet

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

to dress up

1

urgent business

1

excuse; explanation

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

2

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

2

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

3

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

2

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

6

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

2

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

7

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

2

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

3

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

feeling; mood

1

that; the matter in question

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2