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to hate; to detest

1

prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; summary judgment; summary judgement

1

logical

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

1

a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said

1

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

baseless; groundless

1

tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

1

straw

2

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

1

breeder

3

carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; (arch.) last; (arch.) end

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

3

sexual arousal; sexual excitation

3

female hormone

2

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

2

virtue; charm; merit; good point

2

anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

3

to abide one's shame

1

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

6

land

3

gasping

2

to bring up under one's personal care

1

enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight

1

massage

4

detox

1

toxin; poisonous substance

2

use; utility; effect; benefit

2

slimy; slippery

8

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

1

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

1

to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

1

approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure

1

signal gun; starting gun

1

Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)

1

wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)

1

without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

pure white

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

1

interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design

1