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beverage; drink

2

for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance

1

chamber music

1

strings; stringed instrument; string ensemble

1

tools and materials; equipment and materials

3

to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

1

compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

1

record shop

1

mezzo forte

1

mezzo piano

1

decrescendo

1

immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)

2

mother tape

1

take (e.g. in film-making)

1

haltingly; stutteringly

1

else; in addition; besides

2

rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow

1

cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical); semen; sperm

2

Lime (color)

2

to blacken; to darken

2

disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity

3

controlling power

1

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

7

wherein; therein; thereinto

3

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

3

detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark

1

of all people

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

5

and yet; despite (all) that

2

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

hard to imagine

1

to peel; to skin; to pare

1

irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)

1

immaturity; infancy

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate

2

photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook

3

intrauterine; inside the uterus

1

centimeter; centimetre

1

to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

2

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

reason for concern

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

3

paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

3

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

2

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

4

calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

1

racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere

2

to push aside; to brush aside

3