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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

white flag; truce flag; surrender flag

1

understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

1

to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

1

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

7

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

2

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

7

vague recollection; faint memory

1

sexual harassment

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

4

rare (or peculiar) animal

1

to open one's eyes wide

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

5

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

2

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

2

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1

while in class

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

blackboard

1

answer; solution

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

3

to wring the neck; to strangle

1

to understand; to make out

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

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

1

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

3

both arms

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

4

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

7

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

2

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

1

work-in-progress; working state

2

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

Sicily (Italy)

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

Bruno

1

to catch

1

life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

3

to get irritated

1

putting off; postponing

1

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

3

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2