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ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

2

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

3

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

4

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

1

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

2

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

2

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

6

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

5

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

1

minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback

1

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

4

exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

1

future trouble

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

2

not so

3

persuasion

5

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

sensual love; love affair

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

2

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

1

one year and a half

2

do this, do that; dos and don'ts

1

reason; right

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

1

state of mind; mentality; psychology

1

sooner or later

1

meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

2

restoration; repair; mending

2

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

3

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

1