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close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

7

exterminatory measure; eradication campaign

1

greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades

2

fluorescence

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

5

to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

3

to rebuild; to reconstruct

5

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

3

sea of blood; pool of blood

1

to the best of my ability, poor though it be

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

man-eating fiend

1

parents and siblings; one's relatives

2

ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

1

maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile

10

to appear uneasy; to appear anxious

3

with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

1

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

4

shield

2

buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)

3

to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

9

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

2

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

subterranean tunnel

2

kite string; cotton yarn

1

chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

2

fort; stronghold; fortification

6

short and stout; small but wide around

2

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

1

to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up

3

first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

1

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

1

victory celebration party; victory banquet

1

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

1

rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea

1

coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

1

these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour

1

wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

2

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

plosive sound

4

present; gift

3

prickling; stinging; tingling

1

fundamental knowledge; the basics

5

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

9

imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry

1

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

1

to fly in the sky

8

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

6