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a long time ago; long ago

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to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

the whole day; all the day

2

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

4

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

3

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

1

connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction

2

way of talking; speaking style

2

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

4

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

1

bona fide third party; bona fide third person

2

to hold one's breath

5

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

to erase all trace of something

2

to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

5

seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection

4

looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia

1

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

1

to crawl towards; to creep up to

2

to be dead; to be lifeless

2

unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal

1

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

1

to pull down

2

viscous; mucilaginous

1

rust

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

3

upper arm; (arch.) lower arm

7

influence; power; might; influence (of stones)

1

to spit

1

of no use; useless; not fit for purpose

1

pressure; oppression; suppression

8

to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

3

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

4

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

2

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

6

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

2

wailing; lamentation

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

5

to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act

2

most part; greater part; majority

2

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

3

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

2

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

6

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

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