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Manticore

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

4

truly; in earnest

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

1

Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac

2

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

1

zoo; zoological gardens

1

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

5

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

the (four) limbs; arms and legs

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

4

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

to grimace; to make a wry face

3

to raise overhead

4

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

1

sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

12

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

2

to overflow from something full

2

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

5

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

3

groan; moan; moaning

5

to shake one's head

3

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

4

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

7

to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

1

(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe

1

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

3

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

puffy; somewhat swollen

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

3

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

3

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

1

pride

10

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

to turn one's face away

1

high time; about time

1

one drop (of fluid)

3

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

3

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

hence; for that reason

3

how can (one) do something

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

9

had better; is advisable

2