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groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

2

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

to recover; to be healed

3

this weekend

1

breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

1

time limit

5

canned coffee

2

promotion (school, military, etc.)

5

danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; (lit.) once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)

1

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

3

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

2

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

offender; criminal

2

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

1

guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

2

not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking

1

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

1

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

1

to tame; to win over

2

weather-beaten; bleached skull

2

proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming

1

central; mainline

2

to be dead; to be lifeless

1

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

to be almost finished

2

calm before the storm; lull before the storm

1

regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice

1

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

3

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

2

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

1

horizontal line

1

red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

2

to date; as of now

2

to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

2

booby prize; prize for coming second-last

1

muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha

1

room for growth; potential; promise

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

eighteen; 18

1

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

2

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

1

to crack a joke; to tell a joke

1

Everyone is safe (all right)

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

the school year

1

to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match

1

highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)

1