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dining; dining room; meal

2

(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)

2

stop

3

(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

4

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

going together

1

to shout at

5

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

3

to make narrow

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

3

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

6

scorn; disdain; contempt

3

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

as expected (positive events); as hoped for

1

humming; crooning

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2

fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

2

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

6

here; with this

1

I; me

2

amount of time one has

2

game

4

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

3

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

4

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

4

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

ghost story

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

3

is there anything else?

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2

to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

how; in what way; by what means

4

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

2

frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance; film drive (camera)

5

to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it

1

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

7

the whole country

2

network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

2

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1