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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

3

flannel

1

to dishevel (hair)

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

what do you want?; can I help you?

1

kidney

2

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

2

as soon as possible

2

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

8

swelling; boil

3

to calm down

6

day in and day out; all the time

1

the same thing

1

sickbed; (hospital) bed

2

to age; to grow old

2

to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

2

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

2

they; those guys; those fellows

2

cleaning woman

4

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

2

suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant

1

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

3

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

2

sense of humiliation

1

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

2

to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

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bare feet

3

(low) shoes

2

to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up

1

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

2

ugly (of a person); plain; unattractive; (arch.) lacking ability; (arch.) incompetent

1

middle of the night; dead of night

5

to stand to reason

1

saltiness

2

around the world; throughout the world

2

to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

1

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

2

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

2

protein; egg white; albumen; albumin

1

not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore

1

irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination

1

to be expensive; to be costly

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

1