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prayer; supplication

1

cajolery; wheedling

1

rape; violation

1

let's see what you've got; show me what you've got

2

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

2

lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings

2

Maleficent

1

unproductive; counterproductive

1

elliptical shape

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

2

memoirs; reminiscences

1

glory

1

a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

2

both eyes

1

foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter

2

to kill time

1

supporter

4

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

2

mental health; mental hygiene

2

hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy

1

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

2

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

to bungle; to make things awkward

1

cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking

1

abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

4

another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one

1

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

1

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

2

first time; first; initial

2

keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

3

alternately; by turns; one after the other

1

dwarf planet

1

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

4

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

4

yearly amount

1

one's outlook on the universe

1

to take to task; to take it out on

1

strong opposition

1

the second ...

1

passive

1

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

2

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

4

to talk volubly

1

concentrated fire; intense criticism

1

collective responsibility; joint liability

1