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patience; endurance

3

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

10

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

15

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

to increase; to multiply

1

jealousy; envy

1

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

3

salary; wages; pay

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

2

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

2

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

tuning

1

musical instrument

1

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

2

to continue to work; to work away (at)

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

2

unfairness; injustice; partiality

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

1

birthday

3

heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

2

income; receipts; revenue

1

eating out; dining out

2

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

as always; as usual

2

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

1

overtime (work)

4

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

evening meal

2

on hand; readily available

1

violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

1

ouch!

1

such

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

2

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

4

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

man

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

2

to turn one's face away

1

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

1

to slap; to strike; to spank

2

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

to fling (away); to hurl

1