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moment by moment; hour by hour

1

dinnertime; suppertime

2

mealtime

6

speculation; thinking; meditation

4

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

6

sea chart

2

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

8

plural form

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

9

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

(on one's) mind; heed

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

2

focal point; nodal point; node

2

hegemony

6

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

3

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

betting; gambling

3

mediator; go-between; middleman

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

3

to win

2

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

6

a help; assistance

9

opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

6

to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura

1

another world

2

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

3

otherwise; if not; or else

3

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

10

child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)

2

too many to count; too numerous to mention

5

silverwork

44

to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

2

thin ice

3

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

3

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

2

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

2

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

6

night wind; night breeze

1

carpenter

1

very small; tiny; insignificant

4

well bucket

5

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

1

historian

1

waxing and waning (of the Moon)

2

side of well

4

different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

2

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy

4