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comfort; consolation; diversion

3

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

4

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

4

diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)

1

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

2

change

1

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

1

slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy

1

sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

1

troubled face; worried expression

2

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

numerical formula

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

8

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

2

trivial; not amounting to much

1

room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

1

gear

2

to fulfill one's responsibilities

1

to be able to conceal

1

human speech

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

nursing; looking after

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

2

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

1

to sprout; to spring up; to come out

1

performing without rehearsal

2

steady; sound; reliable; solid

2

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

1

glossy black hair; green hair

3

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

1

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

1

suspension bridge; rope bridge

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

when using

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

2

profile

1

naturally; of course; understandably

3

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

1

to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

1

punishment; penalty

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

4