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means; way; measure

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

3

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

to beat to death; to kill

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

2

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

study; research; investigation

1

sound of an explosion

2

hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

1

afterwards

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

3

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

2

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

2

any more; any further; any better; any longer

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity

4

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

3

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

cry; crying voice

3

two persons; two people; pair; couple

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

5

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

to escape; to run away

2

piano wire

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

3

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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