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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

2

leaf venation; leaf nervature; leaf vein; leaf nerve

1

to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

1

hangover

4

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

6

how; in what way

9

the whole day; all the day

5

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

2

feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights

1

to continue (walking)

3

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

14

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue

1

intellectual

2

(feeling of) trust

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

3

stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)

1

lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

1

wood (for building); lumber; timber

11

decision; agreement

4

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

2

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

4

absence; disregard; indifference

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

4

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

2

founder

1

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

4

factor; factor; divisor

6

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

14

lock

6

to cut in; to butt in

1

the very thing; itself

2

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

illegal; unlawful

3

damned; cursed; accursed

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely

3

heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun

1

say; well; um; er

3

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

11

with a (light) slapping sound

2

experimental results

2

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

3

one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred

1

page; nth page; page ...

1

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

5

square (of a number); multiplying (a number) by itself; second power

1

cube; third power

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

5