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old man; old geezer

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

6

miracle ball; magic ball

1

(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)

2

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

17

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

society; the world; the times

8

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

6

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

2

to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears

1

pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

1

sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches

3

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

6

left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef

4

low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

2

sashimi; make-up

2

status

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game

1

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

2

next generation; future generation

1

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

to wear out

1

months and years

5

to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced

2

forgetfulness

1

a long, long time ago; very long ago

5

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles

2

delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in

5

weakest

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

3

shit!; damn!

5

it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

2

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

35

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

9

tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

(measuring) ruler

2

to break the seal

3

to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

1

start; beginning

1

in the end; at the end of the day

1

to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

2

lower back pain; lumbago

1

selfish; asking too much

2

trigger

2

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

5