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drum

9

bang; whump; boom

4

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

13

to jump up to one's feet

3

fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)

4

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

2

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

1

shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)

2

flag; banner; streamer

2

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

6

none

3

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

9

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

7

empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank

5

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

2

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

shaking; swaying

3

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

4

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

to be (doing)

4

ocher (colour); ochre

6

mummy

5

papier mâché; something that looks good superficially

25

mask; disguise; guise; mask

104

tossing and turning while asleep

1

vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty

1

swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

5

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

10

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

ancestral spirits

2

to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially

2

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

2

here and there; in places

3

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

tremor; fluctuation

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

4

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

11

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

11

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

2

to set fire (to)

2

side gate; side door; service entrance

1

to return; to come back

39

ancestor

4

passage; path; route; one's way

1

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

2

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

4

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

18