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guillotine

1

play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

16

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

12

tub; washbasin; washbowl

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

72

thrill

2

dark even in the daytime

1

upper floor (of a building)

9

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

12

morning; forenoon; just before noon

8

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

3

extremely; very much

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

16

penalty; sentence; punishment

2

both persons

2

(clenched) fist; knuckles

4

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

10

abusive voice; scolding voice; angry words

8

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

16

extreme; extremity

11

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

3

feeling

4

uneasy

7

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

6

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

2

teleport; teleportation

1

easy; simple; light

71

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

9

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

2

bright; intelligent

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

8

radical; acute; sharp

1

to have repercussions

2

while in class

2

attendance; presence

2

to watch intently; to stare

9

beforehand; in advance; previously

20

belly; abdomen; stomach

6

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

12

acting ability; talent as a performer

2

removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

5

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

7

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

54

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

2

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

6