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(scattered) spots; specks; speckles

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crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

2

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

2

one drop (of fluid)

1

eloquence; fluency (of speech)

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

4

to breathe

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

4

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

3

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

1

old man; old geezer

6

to have the nerve to

2

threatening (esp. voice, tone, words)

1

old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed

1

to shed light; to cast light

2

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

2

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

3

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

2

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

3

threat; intimidation; menace

2

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

1

poor hearing

1

old age

1

also called

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

2

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

4

extremely

2

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

4

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

(body) weight

3

-like

1

heavyweight class

1

two things; two persons

1

intervening

3

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

2

wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

3

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

2

both feet; both legs

3

to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around

2

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

6

to stay (at); to stop (at)

2

to irritate; to exasperate

2

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

6

clear stream

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