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to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

4

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

2

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

10

partly puffed up; bubblingly

4

to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

2

flattening

1

to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

2

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

4

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

5

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

1

reason; cause; circumstances

3

too much; excessive; too

3

time; years

1

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

1

firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

1

shoulder width (breadth)

1

roundish; sort of round

2

sloping shoulders

1

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

2

special skill

2

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

2

environment; circumstance

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

3

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

8

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

3

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

5

to be of no importance

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

7

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

3

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

to shed tears

1

control

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

2

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

3

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

5

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

2

to pass (of time); to elapse

8

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

2