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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

3

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

1

sky; air; mid-air

2

waltz

1

scenery; scene; landscape

2

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing

1

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

3

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

1

to kiss

2

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

26

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

2

restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

2

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

2

myself

1

it hasn't been long since

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

headache

1

trial and error

1

to pursue

1

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

frontal attack

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

1

assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary

2

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

3

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

3

entirely; completely; all; nothing but

1

to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

1

to make known

3

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

severe caning (60-100 times)

2

amplifier

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

7

extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

2