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maintenance; preservation; improvement

2

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

2

jealousy; envy

3

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

president (of a society); chairman

2

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

2

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

battle; fight; combat

7

pitch-black; jet-black

3

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

1

to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

1

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

2

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

1

the dark side; the seamy side

1

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

double-edged sword

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

synesthesia (synaesthesia)

2

disintegration; self-destruction

2

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

coordinate; coordinates

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

2

factor; factor; divisor

1

natural enemy

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

both arms

1

inhumane; inhuman

1

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

1

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

1