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joint

2

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

to escape from; to get out

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

1

hair transplantation

1

to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool

1

how many; how old

1

to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)

2

(a place) out of one's reach

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

2

limit; bounds

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

1

charcoal; charred remains

1

both; (not) either

1

impregnable

1

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

1

secret talk

2

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

1

first attack; first strike; first blow

1

the second time

1

most part; greater part; majority

1

two shots

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

1

relation; connection; relevance

1

I see; that's right; indeed

1

in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow

1

pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition

2

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

to pretend; to feign

1

of tender years; very young

1

to grow taller (of people)

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

2

support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1