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preservation; retainment; keeping

2

lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

rule; reign; government; governing

3

field test; pilot study

2

brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)

1

analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse

13

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

1

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

2

aggressive

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

2

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

hesitation; indecision

1

fretfully; impatiently

1

place to go; destination

1

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

1

wicked; evil; wrong; bad

1

dream; vision; reverie

2

at the mercy of (something or someone)

1

to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden

2

hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

2

alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

1

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

4

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

sound of voice; vocal sound

2

beads of sweat

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

3

carving; engraving; sculpture

3

bathtub

2

water level

1

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

wetsuit; wet suit

1

slate; stone slab

1

pit; shaft

1

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

1

sonar

1

hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

1

to seek a path; to find one's way

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

3

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to die by drowning; to drown

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