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confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

2

ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

2

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

2

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

3

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

to shrug one's shoulders

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

3

dramatic

2

to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

5

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

1

appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

1

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)

1

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

1

human drama

2

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

1

(Western) soup

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

1

(short) rest; breather; break

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

to creep about; to crawl around

1

languid; listless

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

5

light source

1

half day

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

amount of light; quantity of light

5

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

1

with a half-opened eye

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

to say (something) over one's shoulder

1

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

2

romantic comedy; rom-com

2

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

misunderstanding

1

(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

2

bathing; going in the bath

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

4

shower

1

hard ball; regulation ball

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

2

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

2

to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

1