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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

3

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

4

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

1

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

3

fate; destiny; predestination

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

3

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

warm; mild; genial

2

to look forward to

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

ectogenesis; outside the body

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

1

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

3

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

2

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

earnest; single-minded

2

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)

1

using as an intermediary; through

1

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

1

curtain; curtains

4

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

step; pace; stride

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

2

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

15

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

4

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

6

each; (arch.) you (plural)

1

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

2