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Iran

1

loss of equilibrium; vertigo

1

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

1

wow!; gee!; oh dear!

1

flagstaff; flagpole; arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra); rock cress

3

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

1

low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

1

maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile

4

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

2

sprouts from a stump; buds from the base of a tree

1

coveting; raga (desire)

27

snob; affected person

1

ramification; branching off

2

both sides; two sides; double-sided

2

prosperity; flourishing; success

1

composed expression; clear face

1

art of conversation

1

expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing

1

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

3

serious wound; hard blow

2

running at full speed; going as fast as one can go

1

to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

1

thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)

2

not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

3

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

1

pessimism; disappointment

3

signs of defeat; adverse situation

4

what action to take; what to do with oneself

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

1

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

1

performer

2

to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on

1

to need; to require; to take; to demand

2

account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

2

how; in what way

2

to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought

2

to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open; to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way

1

a bolt out of the blue

1

a posteriori; acquired

1

countermeasure; counter-measure

5

immediately; promptly

1

dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life

1

noise

1

loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles

3

this

1

narrow escape from death

1

do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end

1

if possible

1