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irritating; frustrating

2

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

1

joint

1

squeaking; creaking; tightly (cram); closely (pack); barely (managing); just (getting by)

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

to grimace; to frown

2

once; one time; exclusively; only; alone

2

skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

4

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

2

feigned illness

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

nine o'clock

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

laundry; the washing

1

closet

1

space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space

1

only; sole; unique

1

cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

1

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

fretfully; impatiently

1

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

2

two (long cylindrical things)

2

with a start; with a jump

1

to keep one's mouth shut; to clam up; to be silent; to say nothing

1

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

more than anything; above all else

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

3

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

4

to drag out

1

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

2

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

2

to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

2

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

few days

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

3

shore; bank (of a body of water)

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

to spit

2