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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

4

to say; to be pleased to say

1

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

1

annoying; noisy

1

seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

2

damn; drats; crap

3

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

1

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

1

what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding

1

genus

3

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

guidance; guide

1

vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus

2

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

3

flow

1

third; no. three

1

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

2

acceleration; speeding up

2

each; respectively

1

sweltering heat

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

jumping to a wrong conclusion

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

2

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

father

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

3

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

3

protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

2

ideal; ideals

1

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

1

completely disregarding

1

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

1

to pretend; to act (as if)

1

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

1

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

2

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

this and that; various things

1