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older brother and younger sister

1

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

2

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

2

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

1

unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

1

long-term

1

no trouble; easy; simple

1

national treasury

2

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

firm; company

1

so far as

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

2

to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to disguise oneself as a woman

1

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

4

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

1

marionette

12

link; linking; link; hyperlink; linking (of object files); linkage

5

unceasing; never-ending; endless

1

dungeon

2

lower floor

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

6

made of metal; metallic

1

escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)

1

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

make-up; get-up; disguise; costume

1

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

1

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

1

steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation

2

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

4

you; I; me; oneself

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent

2

employer

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

5

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

4

to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

fictitious bill; dishonoured bill; bad check; empty promise

1

depository; storage area; storage location; storage site

1

big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

2