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bull's-eye; the mark

2

other than; excluding; without

1

stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)

1

process; course; mechanism

1

penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge

1

spine; vertebral column; spinal column; vertebra

1

demand; need; demand

1

to be of no importance

1

every person; every mouth; every entrance

1

none of your business; not your concern

1

the four seasons

2

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

3

deus ex machina

3

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

4

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

having no sense of taste

1

abstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation

1

wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly

1

(just) a little more

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame

2

without accident; uneventfully; without ...

1

twenty; 20

1

blue sky

1

deep breath

2

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

1

getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

2

to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

problem child

2

poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

woman's world; feminine environment

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

2

widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman

1