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full portrait; whole aspect; full story

2

fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

1

rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps

1

prized or treasured object

1

to start forgetting

2

recurrence; revival; resuscitation

4

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

1

powerful medicine; strong poison

4

bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

1

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

3

oneself; one's body

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

contempt; scorn

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

2

private room

2

to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze

1

the sense of smell

1

calamity; disaster; accident

2

mutual assistance; mutual sympathy

1

innocent; helpless

2

(young) girl

10

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)

1

scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

1

plan; project; scheme

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

to be in order; to be right

1

fighting to the death (with swords)

1

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

2

nimbly; lightly

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

2

eccentric

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

2

choker (necklace)

1

appearance; emergence

3

hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

boyfriend; he; him

2

failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade

3

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

skyrocketing (prices)

2

rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea

2

meaningless; pointless

1

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

2