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to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

3

tasting; sampling

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

6

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

1

stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion

1

mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

1

(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle

1

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

2

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

2

woodshed

1

large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)

2

night attack; nocturnal assault

4

bright red; bright

3

shift system

1

nap; doze

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

2

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

(written) report

4

to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

2

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

1

skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently

1

brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint

5

activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

1

hunger; starvation

7

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

to get sleep; to sleep

1

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

4

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

lengthening

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance

5

to become fraught with emotion

4

to polish one's skills

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

2

kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

2

to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

3

root vegetable

1

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

3

offense and defense; offence and defence

7

earlobe

5

to shave off

1

single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold; upper eyelid with no fold

1

insourcing

2

reptiles

1

washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom

1

to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

4

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

4