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Dobbs

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

1

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

1

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

2

complete; completion (of a collection, video game, etc.)

1

special effects

1

new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer

2

critical hit; enemy attack dealing heavy damage; devastating blow; crippling strike; crushing damage

1

vertical; perpendicular

2

torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream

1

somewhat sudden

1

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

2

the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim

1

tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

1

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

2

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

2

to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

1

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

7

cocoon

2

hardness; stiffness

2

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

2

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

1

pity; compassion

1

branch (of a language family); branch of languages

1

central pillar of a pagoda

1

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

carnivore; carnivorous animal

1

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

1

(software) bug

1

formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

1

miscalculation

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

2

forming; shaping; casting; molding; adult form

1

peer review; refereeing

1

to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)

1

well done!; bravo

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

1

several days later

4

toolbox

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

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