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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

21

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

2

(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation

3

age thirty; one's thirties

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

first-aid kit

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

is that so?; I see; right; oh

7

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

10

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

storehouse; warehouse; godown

2

to do

2

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

1

to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant

1

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

2

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

3

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

1

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

1

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

2

clearly; distinctly; vividly

1

to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

2

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

3

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

3

looking over someone's shoulder

2

to answer a question

1

younger sister

2

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

2

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

5

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

6

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

11

to press a question; to cross-examine

4

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

loud voice

3

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

22

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

19

to spread rumors; to spread rumours

4

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

2

a bit more; a bit longer

3

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

4