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temporary; transitory; short-lived

6

herself; she herself

2

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape

1

Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person

1

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

3

to knock down; to knock off

2

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

2

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

to smash; to break

2

thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

4

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

8

to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)

2

viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

3

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

1

to strangle; to constrict

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to fall flat; to fall face down

2

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

3

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

3

slug

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

2

queen (consort); empress (consort)

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

4

again; once more; a second time

9

time lag

1

(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious

3

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

7

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

4

to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

5

control board; control panel; console

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

5

application; request; petition

4

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

3

to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)

1

shutdown

1

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

4

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

5

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

2

funeral hall; ceremony site

1

Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

2

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1