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ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

4

to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

1

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

4

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

1

describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

location

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

12

depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

checkmate

1

check

3

the place for; the time for; the level of

3

checkmate

2

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)

1

useful thing; usable article

1

omen

3

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

1

to talk; to speak

1

pebble

2

disinformation; false information

1

ridiculous; odd

2

to gain a victory; to win

2

reconstruction

1

conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch

1

the exact opposite

4

just you wait and see (as a threat)

1

place of destination

2

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

3

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

3

going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

1

dash

1

in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

1

bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)

2

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

3

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

arrogance

2

arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

1

to hug; to clasp to one's breast

1

instinctive; instinctual

1

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

sense; infer

1

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

2

pale pink; peach-colored

3