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to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)

2

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

sincerity; good faith

4

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

psychological; mental

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

1

sincere; honest; faithful

2

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

1

state of mind; mentality; psychology

1

lips

3

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

3

to disappear; to vanish

1

ice wall; ice ridge

1

counter for colours

1

practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

4

deadlock; stalemate

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

early stage

1

to settle (a dispute)

4

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

1

witness

1

sympathy; empathy; response

1

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

1

immaturity; infancy

1

to use up all one's strength

1

one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)

1

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

1

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

1

national prestige

2

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

chicken; chicken game; chicken race

2

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

here and there; everywhere

1

plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

2

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

1

checkmate

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

4

twice; again; second time

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

3

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

1

how; in what way; by what means

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

2

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

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

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

2