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encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

3

the atmosphere

1

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

2

oneself; myself

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

3

assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

1

quite right; indeed; truly; well said

1

high grade; special grade; classy

2

fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)

3

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

1

bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

1

seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

1

relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)

1

moderate

1

child

2

feeling of oppression

2

the latter; the second; successor; descendant

2

heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part

5

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

3

(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

2

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

4

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

3

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

2

business discussion; negotiation

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

3

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

asking price

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

2

discretion; judgement; judgment

1

generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

cheque; check

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

3

farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

1

brain death

1

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

1

Reko

1

ticket

1

half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

1