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jet

2

tall (of a person)

1

to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

2

to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

to achieve success

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

3

lifelong separation

1

to stretch (one's body)

1

(something) so small; so little; trifling

1

at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow

1

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

much less; to say nothing of

4

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

herself; she herself

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

3

kindness

1

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

2

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

1

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

2

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

9

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

1

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

crime; offence; offense

4

to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

2

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

1

doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

3

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

3

awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

4

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

3

researcher

1

scientist

1

therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure

21

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

2

to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

3

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

2

to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched

2