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(short) rest; breather; break

2

dislocation

4

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

1

looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on

1

brandy

7

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

to compare

2

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

1

bitterness; bitter taste

2

multiplication

1

penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

1

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

3

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

3

manager; caretaker

1

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

1

excessive; immoderate

1

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

1

natural light; unpolarized light

1

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

1

shoulder strap (on a dress, bag, etc.)

1

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

1

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

2

intellectual

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

4

slipper; slippers

4

violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely

1

gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

1

to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

1

unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

to embrace each other

1

to follow in order; to go through step-by-step

1

huge mound; heap; pile

1

manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure

2

contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

1

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

1

offering; sacrifice

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

person who has great confidence (faith) in himself

1

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

1

birthday present

3

ahem

1

bracelet; bangle

1

to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

1

present; gift

2