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mental image; mental picture; image

3

incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)

1

does not

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fresh off the farm; inexperienced

1

dullard; indecisive person

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

5

blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke

1

(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

2

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

13

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

3

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

6

to lean against; to set against

2

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

8

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

2

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

7

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

2

obvious; transparent

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

4

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

1

down; below; downward

3

hot spring

1

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

1

to step forward; to volunteer

1

relatively; comparatively

4

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

4

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

4

angry voice

6

rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

3

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

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stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

3

wise; clever; smart

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

5

to nod to one another

5

single standard; single base; single-feature show

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

1

tattling; telling on (someone)

1

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

2

to call out; to shout

5

sign; signal; cue

3

more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

5

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

5

bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting

1

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

to narrow; to contract

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

2