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men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

4

surface of a wall

4

collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash

1

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

2

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program

2

helical; spiral-shaped

1

Solomon; Solomon (10th century BCE; King of Israel)

5

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

2

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

2

society; the world; the times

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down

2

minimum; minuscule; local minimum

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

2

device

1

internal pressure

1

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

3

physical phenomenon

1

insulation

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

atmospheric pressure; air pressure; atmosphere (unit of pressure)

2

inflow; influx

1

molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)

2

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

1

to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

1

human body

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

main event

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

2

arms; weapon; ordnance

1

falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)

1