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Silk Road

1

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

today; this day

6

business; trade; operations; sales

1

absence; non-attendance

3

one's duty; one's part

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

studies; schoolwork; classwork

2

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

4

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

5

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

was

1

next year

3

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

4

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

4

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

all on one's own

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

7

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

one room

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

15

general; popular; common; typical

1

at any rate; anyhow

1

every summer

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

1

approximately the same

3

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

2

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

6

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

6

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

3

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

2

in front of a station

6

to gather; to collect; to assemble

1

decisive; resolute; determined; firm

1

a long time ago

2

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

2

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

3