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bam; whomp; thump

2

all present; all concerned; all of us

6

return

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

10

Wii (Nintendo video games console)

7

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

2

slowly but steadily

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

2

sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely

5

open-mouthed

7

laundry; the washing

6

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

one's mental make-up (structure)

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

Finnegans Wake

2

easy; simple; light

6

cranium; skull

1

intelligence; intellect; brains

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

13

original text

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

18

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

2

indignation; resentment

14

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

9

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

8

gambling

17

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

right armpit; right side

2

sandstorm; noise (video); snow

2

ropeway; cableway; aerial lift; cable car

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)

35

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

dead leaf; dry leaves

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

5

counterpunch

1

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

3

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

stamina

1

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

1

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

2

vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

4

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

1

artistic

3

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

14

to become less capable

1