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trifles; minor details

1

rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

3

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

2

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

7

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

1

to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

18

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd

4

to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

1

best

2

pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

6

source of river; fountainhead

2

sediment; earth and sand

4

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

1

drinking water; potable water

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

6

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

1

if it's the case

5

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

4

leaving everything up to someone else

3

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

2

hundreds

3

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

5

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

infrastructure

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

11

outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback

3

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

2

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

8

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

to be saved up (of money)

2

underwater

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

7

(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)

1

to be a problem

2

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

8

hostility; animosity; enmity

2

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

3

(public) duty

1

thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

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