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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

quibbling; temporizing; temporising

1

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

1

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

12

to breathe in and breathe out

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

3

to count; to enumerate

8

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

2

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

3

hot wind

1

to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

2

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

enemy side

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

purple smoke; tobacco smoke

1

(one's) quota; assignment

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

1

being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

well done!; bravo

2

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

back of head

2

to poke; to push

1

tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style

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)

3

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

2

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

radio (communication); wireless; not using wires

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

2

to stop walking; to pause

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

1

to fail; to screw up; to stuff up

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

I; we

2

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

6

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2

rear; back; reverse

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6