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radiant heat; heat radiation; heat dissipation; thermolysis

2

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

2

gun barrel

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

3

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

3

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

machine-gun fire

1

to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up

2

to fly around; to scatter

3

ricochet

1

to stoop; to bend over

2

row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)

2

to scuttle off; to take flight

2

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

2

to hide oneself

3

variety; variation

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

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

3

clearing one's mind of all worldly thoughts

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

enthusiast; maniac; fanatic; nut; freak

2

line; row; rank; list

1

skirt

1

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

4

to wriggle

1

plumbing; piping

1

to cling

6

to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

flame; blaze

3

another; different; separate; discrete

1

to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

5

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

2

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

2

to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

waste thread; lint; fluff

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

4

tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb

1

tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread

1

large-flowered

1

flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames

1

heat wave

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

1

to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud

1

without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation

4