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1 let's talk about the unpleasant things first

2 let's be frank

1 El Alamein, town in Egypt

1 outline

1 Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea

1 lit. when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb)

2 fig. everything will be all right

3 cf 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

1 to work from morning to night (idiom)

1 Man and Heaven

2 celestial being

1 to commit suicide

1 to pay the bill

2 to settle accounts

3 also written 結帳|结帐

1 unluckily

1 military medal

1 awe-inspiring

2 majestic

1 primary election

1 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)

1 History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls

1 quartet (musical ensemble)

1 all speaking together

2 in chorus

1 mahjong tile

1 (dialect) latrine

1 mask

2 visor

3 facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask)