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prestige; dignity

3

to cut off the retreat

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

3

otherwise; or else; if not

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

4

at this stage; at this point; (only) now

1

explanation; vindication

1

impatience

3

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)

16

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

3

with one's own hands

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

3

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

6

sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

4

entreaty; appeal; petition

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

3

fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby

2

bloodshed

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

9

foundation stone; cornerstone

2

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

damage; injury

2

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

2

to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed

1

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

putting into operation; invocation

9

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

2

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

1

puddle of blood; pool of blood

1

human figure; human form

15

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

3

to be at a loss for words

2

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

2

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

10

to twitch

6

place of execution; execution site

1

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

1

several months

2

release; liberation; acquittal

1

empty; vacant; hollow

1

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

5

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

end; conclusion

14

back of the hand

5

mercilessly; ruthlessly

1

kiss

2

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1