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to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

4

contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

2

to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp

4

one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death

4

to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

2

heavily; profoundly

1

hard ball; regulation ball

3

distortion; falsification; perversion

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

4

to stick to; to cling to

2

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

3

hair (on the head)

1

to overlap

1

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

1

dark gray; slate gray

4

moment's leisure

1

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

1

sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

2

madness; insanity

2

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

3

hitting to the opposite field

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

4

buoyancy; floating power

1

sloping shoulders

1

point of fall

1

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

1

sacrifice fly

1

tag up; touch-up (e.g. of a painting)

1

bunt; bunting

1

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

1

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

3

premature joy; short-lived elation

1

runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

3

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

hopscotch

1

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

6

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

3

last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

5

depression; low spirits; dejection

2

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

1

palm (of the hand)

67

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

2

to share

1

mountain air

1

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

6

goddess

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

2