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to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

3

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

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private; personal

2

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

2

personal; individual; private

1

enmity; grudge

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

4

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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this family; our family; this house; we

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eldest daughter; first-born daughter

2

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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for visitors; for guests

1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

3

since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

4

(distinction of) sex; gender

1

father

5

companion; company

1

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

3

doorway; door; hatch

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

3

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

1

main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

2

one plate (of food); one dish; one helping

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

3

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

2

talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

1

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

knife

5

fork; forkball

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

1

table manners

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(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding

2

indoor; inside the room

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glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

2

to know (someone); to think; to believe

2

fourteen; 14

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target

3

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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artificial eye

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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