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throughout the body

1

empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

2

very young; little; childish; immature

4

pure

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

2

long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

thickly; stickily; viscously

1

hammer

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

6

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

to treat as a joke; to do jokingly

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

abrupt; sudden

1

expression; phraseology

2

employer's house; master's house

1

unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)

1

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

1

tiny; little; wee

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

9

counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)

5

little girl

1

outward appearance; looks

1

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

1

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

1

older sister; elder sister

3

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

4

sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

4

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

2

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

4

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

daughter

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

3

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

1