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gradually; slowly but steadily

2

palm (of the hand)

1

to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat

3

abrupt; sudden

1

reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

1

steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

3

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

3

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

3

overheating; overexcitement

2

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

2

in the face of the enemy; before the enemy

1

surrender; capitulation; submission; yield

5

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

to become inverted; to become reversed

1

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

1

regret; repentance; remorse

2

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

2

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

2

straight line; beeline

2

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

7

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

compared to

2

sadness and gloom

1

riding together; riding with

1

PR; public relations

4

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

3

sporadic

1

injured person; wounded person

5

prisoner (of war); POW; captive

7

each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)

1

dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife

1

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

1

to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

2

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

1

service; duty; work

1

summer vacation

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

2

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

1

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

2

concussion (of the brain)

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

1