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tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

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penalty; sentence; punishment

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the (four) limbs; arms and legs

2

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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to die; to lay down life's burden

2

robust health; able-bodied

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to take time

3

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

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I; me

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

1

axe; ax; hatchet

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to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

1

pulley; block; tackle

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

frail; slender; feminine

2

both hands; both arms; ten

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful

1

anguish

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

4

adult; grown-up

1

palm (of one's hand)

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death by suffocation; death by choking

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

4

wariness

2

to bud; to sprout

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to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

to peek; to peep

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eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

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to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

2

white

4

to shed light; to cast light

2

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

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you; dear; honey

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how; in what way; by what means

2

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

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to recall; to remember; to recollect

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however

2

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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