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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

5

brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

speed

7

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

2

weakening

1

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

formidable enemy

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

3

thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones

1

dead center

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

2

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

3

clanging; empty; deserted

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

8

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

4

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

3

rower; oarsman

1

force of habit; inertia

1

stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill

2

as expected; as predicted

2

rapid development; rapid unfolding

2

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

2

despair; hopelessness

3

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

2

he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!

9

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

2

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

3

to be main; to be principal; to be important

1

glove; mitten; mitt

1

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

2

evidence; proof

2

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)

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

with a thud

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

throat; important part; vital area

2

to push (something) against

6

hostage

4

to bring someone along

6

to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate

5

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

2

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

1

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

3

to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

violence; reckless action; (an) outrage

1