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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

3

skirt

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beautiful legs; great legs

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

2

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

3

to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted

2

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

4

to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

3

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

1

squashed; crushed

1

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in

1

macho; muscular man

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

4

to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

1

lung

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

1

attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

1

failure; mistake; blunder

2

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out

1

complete financial statement; summing up; concluding

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

3

to pass (of time); to elapse

4

clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

3

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

2

midwinter; dead of winter

1

even though; despite; when

3

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

2

wet through; drenched

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly

1

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

1

same level; same extent

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

wide difference; a world of difference

1

handicap

1

contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

1

eyeball

2

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

3

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

2

prediction; estimation

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

surprise attack

5

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

2

good grief

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body build; figure

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