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one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease

1

to cut at; to slash at

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

to freeze

1

glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)

1

desolate; dreary; bleak

1

heart

2

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

3

next; secondly; subsequently

3

personal; individual; private

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

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to pretend; to feign

2

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)

2

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

1

range (of a voice or instrument); register; compass

1

failing to recognize someone; underestimation (of someone's ability); not realizing someone's skill

1

preface; introduction; preamble

2

outsider; someone outside of a group

1

myself

1

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

2

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

number; amount

5

reading; perusal

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

3

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

2

person who has great confidence (faith) in himself

1

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

1

tension; strain

1

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity

1

latent; potential

1

likability; favorability; popularity

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

1

to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

library

8

Pleiades (in Greek mythology); Pleiades; the Seven Sisters

4

favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

1

(in one's) possession

2

official name; formal name

1

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

1

400; four hundred

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