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exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

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stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

2

to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

2

opera

1

mineral vein; underground water channel

1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

2

good boy; good girl

2

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

1

in accordance with; according to

1

temptress; flirt; minx; murder of a man; murderer of a man

1

cradle

1

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

3

fatal; lethal

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

1

fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak

1

many armies; many troops; vast army; hosts; host of heaven

2

support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

4

cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys

2

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

1

furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

2

clock; watch; timepiece

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

1

silence; stillness; quietness

3

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

2

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

how many times

1

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

2

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

3

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

1

such a thing; something like that

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

4

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

long-term

2

(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

3

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

ephemeral; transitory

2