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ideal

2

thunderous roar; roaring sound

4

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

7

one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

1

to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

1

extremely delighted

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

as it is; frankly

1

no way to do; nothing can be done

3

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

to collide; to clash

4

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

1

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

a few seconds; several seconds

1

bruise

1

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

2

to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

3

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

3

ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

1

dash

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

6

effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

annoying; noisy; strict

2

to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh

3

assistance; backing; reinforcements

4

bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave

1

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

1

proud; arrogant; haughty

1

to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

6

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

2

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

1

to become the subject of rumours or conversations

1

short; brief

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

1

extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch

2

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

beside; nearby

1

first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

1

adult man

1

treatment; service; handling; management

1

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

2

condition; situation; prospects

3

to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)

1

to scrape off; to plane off

2

to be defeated

1

gap

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1