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treading water

1

small car; compact car

4

noise

2

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

3

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

2

loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in

2

means; way; measure

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

sea; ocean; waters

4

scrambling; scramble

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

4

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

4

180 degrees; complete change

1

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

1

body (of car); frame

1

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

2

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

a hard time; pains

1

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

1

going straight on; going straight ahead

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

3

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

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driver's seat (in a car)

2

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

2

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

2

flame; blaze

1

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

2

to be too numerous; to be too much

2

to run away; to run off

1

thousands; several thousand

1

to twist off

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

2

piece of meat; cut of meat

1

to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

1

slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

2

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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