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tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

3

skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity

1

patent; special permission; license; licence

2

to talk nonsense

1

liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with

2

to glare at; to scowl at

2

left eye

3

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

1

ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

2

gap

1

acrostic

2

battle formation; military formation

1

to take by surprise

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

reduction by half; halving

2

projection (of images)

2

twig; spray

1

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

3

rubber ball

1

to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back

1

consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis

3

left eye

1

crystalline lens (of the eye)

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

2

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

7

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

3

crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

1

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

4

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

3

(in) my own way

2

bad road

2

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

1

mass production

2

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

the thing itself; thing-in-itself (in Kantianism)

1

to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

pistol

1

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

2

rifle; small arms

1

milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter

1

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

1

product; volume; area

3

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

3

principle; theory; fundamental truth

1

armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea

1

rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent

1

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

2