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ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

1

local; localized; partial; topical (application)

1

sea sand; ocean sand; beach sand

1

muddy stream

2

to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

4

bloodshed

4

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

6

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

2

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

hollow-point bullet

6

Mach (number); (at a) fast speed

4

mercy

2

with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang

1

allophone; strange noise

1

full swing

3

bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)

1

front tooth; foretooth; incisor

1

ptoo (sound of spitting); ptui; ptew; ptooey

1

to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

(not) even; (not) any

2

less than ...; smaller ...

1

cylinder

7

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

shooting; gunning (down)

6

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

6

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

end of life; death; breathing one's last

2

reloading (a web page); reloading (a gun, etc.)

2

large deer; moose; elk; red deer

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

4

ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves

24

amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

25

to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

2

underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock

2

to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate

3

stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

1

to kick into (e.g. a ball into a goal)

2

skull; cranium

2

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

4

paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

1

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

1

orbit; eye socket

3

to find out; to discover; to locate

4

with a thud

1

two out; two down (and one to go)

1

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

3

there is nothing; having nothing

2