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traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)

8

protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage

1

to become dim; to become blurred

7

apt to (do); liable to; prone to

7

prudent; thoughtful; discreet

1

permutation; lining up in order; linear arrangement

1

natural light; unpolarized light

1

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

6

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

2

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip

1

sexual perversion

1

pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows

2

bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

1

survival rate

1

garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite

3

to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable

1

to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall

9

talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk

2

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

22

to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

1

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity

2

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

6

coarse; rough; crude

1

bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision

4

distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification

3

many kinds; many types

1

gambling; competition; game (of chance)

2

decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification

1

to die; (lit.) to become earth

1

to mistake (A for B); to misread

5

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

3

to distract a person's attention

2

sorry to bother you, but ...

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

to soil one's clothes

1

supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role

1

zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)

1

Gina; Zina

11

to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)

4

gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing; making a takeoff run

1

what color

4

lip reading

1

impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous

2

munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)

3

valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

1

technique; method

4

all but dead; half killed

2

bodyguard

2