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to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

5

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

3

big prize; first prize

2

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

4

unselected

2

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

1

seeming sad

4

mole; lentigo; beauty spot

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

3

escape; evasion; flight

2

terrorist

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

8

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

as if it were about oneself

2

experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

2

without sparing time for sleep

1

methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide

1

of great promise; with a promising future

1

rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

(deeply held) resentment

4

trash; garbage; junk

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

4

to detest; to abhor; to loathe

2

invisibility

2

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

1

sentiments; passions

1

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

15

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

14

handbook; instruction book; manual

1

jealous; envious

2

proud; elated

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

4

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

13

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

role

1

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

4

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

4

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

2

feeling of envy; jealous feeling

5

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

5

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

5

tenacity; endurance

6

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

2

very big; very large; taking up a lot of space

10

talented

2

with a start; with a jump

2

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

5