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taking the initiative

7

to take care of

4

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

7

to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out; to discern (one thing from another); to determine

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

16

reconfirmation; double check

1

exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)

4

twins; twin

5

support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support

7

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

4

with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

2

piling up; multiple layers

2

to shut up; to imprison

4

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

4

copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

5

slight; insignificant; small

2

difference; disparity; gap

10

to begin to speak

8

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

6

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

1

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

3

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

(not) a single person; (no) one

11

heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

3

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

13

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

stature; build; height; size; physique

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

17

to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of

20

gist; main point

2

to mimic; to imitate

2

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

3

long hair (usu. of a man)

3

with a slip; with a slide

2

scalp

3

to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

4

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

1

to have a bitter experience

2

to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

18

severe punishment; rigorous measures

2

leader; central personage

2

clear; distinct

3

to put into effect; to put into practice

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

8

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

3

pair; the two; both persons; both things

6

to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

12