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devastating; catastrophic; crushing

2

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

5

giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice

1

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

1

low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency

2

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

1

way of talking; speaking style

3

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

2

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

1

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

2

last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

1

mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration

2

to draw a line (between); to make a clear distinction (between); to settle (a matter) once and for all; to bring to an end; to take responsibility (for)

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

1

resignation (from a position)

2

one of these days; someday; one day

1

to fight each other

1

astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; collection (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence

2

to let (someone) take hold of your hand

1

striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication

1

mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

1

to snatch (at); to grab

1

coward; wimp

2

cowardly; spineless; weak-willed; fainthearted

2

fatal; deadly; mortal

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

1

in the end; at the end of the day

2

independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

2

one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway

1

compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

1

sexual intercourse; sex; coitus

13

after graduation

5

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

3

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

1

with a rosy future; offering promising prospects

1

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

1

does not; can not; will not

1

exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation

3

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

2

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

2

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

horse's length

1

straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly

1