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major cleanup; spring cleaning

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to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

4

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

3

(how) many times; (how) often

1

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

2

secret; private; surreptitious

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

6

appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

2

(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated

1

to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement

4

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

3

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

1

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

3

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

plan; protocol; manifest; program

1

scouting party; patrol

1

obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption

1

hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack

1

cycle; period

3

coordinate; coordinates

2

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

3

to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform

3

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

1

most important

1

secrecy; highly classified information

1

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

1

mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress

1

to ignore (a fault, misstep, issue, etc.); to disregard; to overlook; to pass over; to let go unquestioned

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

3

in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

1

wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief

1

too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable

1

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)

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