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year in, year out; always; 24-7

3

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

2

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

2

with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

1

tossing

1

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

undetermined manner of death; suspicious death

1

something small; something petty; trifle

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

mining

1

appointment

2

fresco; mural; wall painting

1

to run up to

1

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)

1

although

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

3

master; teacher; stable master

3

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

earring

3

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

2

external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)

1

every direction

1

outsider; layman; amateur

1

equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on

1

grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

1

practical use; utility

1

upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs

3

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame

1

grave (pit)

1

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

8

secret; mystery

2

grief; lamentation

1

badness; evilness; bad; evil

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

2

to die by drowning; to drown

2

English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit

2

enumeration; citation; listing

1

example; exercise (for the reader)

1

English translation

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

season; time of year

2

to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat

1

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

6

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

4