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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

to lie deep in; to extend far back

2

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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these guys; these fellows

3

give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose

1

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

1

theft; robbery

3

vested interests

1

to become distinct

1

kindling; firelighter

1

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

2

on the way; someday

1

anti-terrorist

1

to make somebody move

1

to line up; to form a party

1

whole story; full picture; full particulars

1

with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

1

thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post

2

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

1

cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

2

cold war

1

way (of doing); method

1

once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

1

bridgehead; beachhead

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

2

a short time ago; a while ago; for some time

1

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

2

air hole; windhole; ventilator

1

mimesis; mimicry; camouflage

1

to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity

1

waxwork

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

left eye

1

right eye

1

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

2

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

same meaning; synonymy

2

out of bounds; beyond the pale

1

pertaining to objects

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho

1

calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare

1

to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

1

cleft chin

1

children's (TV) show; children's program

1