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plague; Black Death

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

3

sporadic

1

issue; offspring; paternal blood

1

pollution; contamination

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

4

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

lacework

2

encroachment; erosion; corrosion

3

Dartmoor

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

2

ring; band; ring; circum-

1

every place; various places

2

blood vessel; blood relationship

2

Stonehenge

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

contagion; infection

1

matter of time; question of time

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

influence; clout; leverage

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

4

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

2

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

adjustment; retouching (in photography)

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

1

modern style; modernness

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

2

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

5

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

trembling or quavering voice

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

4

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

3

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

1

to rampage; to run riot

1

phantom; vision; illusion

1

reaction; response

1

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

1

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

3

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

4

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

4

distant

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

6

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2

boys and girls

1