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anti-; hater

3

heart-warming; kind-hearted; warm-hearted; considerate; kind; heartfelt

2

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

5

the self; the ego

1

reliance on others

1

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

5

to pour into (liquids); to pump into

5

to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

8

(being) worth seeing; impressive

2

protection against cold

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

9

wool

1

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent

1

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

7

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

2

to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average

1

benefactor; patron

3

spiritualism; idealism

6

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

3

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

5

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

1

manly

2

manly; boyish

1

to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

2

mishearing

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

3

near at hand

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

2

novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

1

(appropriate for) one's age

2

person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

3

pity; compassion

7

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

3

boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud

1

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

3

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

5

to blow violently

1

topmost

4

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

5

position

5

sisters

1

brothers; male siblings

1

to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

2

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

4