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to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

manner; style

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

2

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

1

hostage

2

point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

1

closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road

2

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

2

order; command; directions; instructions

1

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

1

intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

1

shed; barn; outhouse

1

to shut up; to imprison

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

nesting hole; burrow; den

1

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

2

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

4

well water

6

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

long-term

2

administration; medication; dosage

2

taking medicine; dosing

2

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

ectogenesis; outside the body

1

evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection

1

neighboring village; neighbouring village

1

to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

large-scale

1

garrison; military base

5

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration

2

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

4

all at once

1