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cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

3

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

6

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

really; truly

2

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

1

diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

1

immediate reply

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

expression; presentation; representation; notation

4

before long; even now

2

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

3

flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat

3

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

4

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

2

to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

1

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

body; physique; build; stature

1

since; henceforth

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

3

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

multiple personality; split personality

1

something small; something petty; trifle

1

to reject; to repel

1

out of bounds; beyond the pale

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

fragment; piece

1

laughing off; dismissing with a laugh

2

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

2

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

decision; determination; resolution

2

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

1