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steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

2

disregarding; ignoring

6

funny story; funny anecdote

2

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

shoulder

7

glove (esp. sports); globe

1

with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

1

older brother

1

protest; objection

1

point-blank range

3

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

moment; second; instant

6

to stiffen; to become stiff

3

previous remarks

3

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

5

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

5

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

8

jest; joke; funny story

3

forced laugh; forced smile

1

slightly; faintly

2

to blush; to redden

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

four

3

married

1

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

6

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

8

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

11

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

5

still; even now; to this day

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

6

the opposite sex; isomerism

1

to be popular

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

8

same sex

2

serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation

1

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

6

goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet

1

old woman

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved

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

3

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

beautiful girl

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

having said that; on the other hand

1