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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

hating; strongly disliking

1

incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

2

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

4

true character; true heart; true spirit

2

third

1

skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

1

to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for

1

self-consciousness

1

to understand from experience

1

just one person; only one

6

an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids

6

to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

3

carnivorousness; carnivorous

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

1

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

1

triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)

1

coarse; crude

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

1

generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

3

to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone

1

using all one's strength; using all one's might

1

without doing

1

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

3

plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

2

not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD

1

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

1

romantic

1

running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

1

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

1

freshly washed

1

soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

1

with a crack; with a smash

2

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

1

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

1

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

2

flare; star shell

2

parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect

2

flight; desertion; escape

1

queer; odd; fantastic

1

alloy

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

4

old cloth; rag

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

swaying (repeatedly, in a large, slow motion)

1

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

2

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

2

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

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