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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

putting into operation; invocation

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

4

nihilistic

1

even now; still; as yet

1

how many; how old

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

2

miniature garden

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession

2

the exact opposite

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

craving; longing; thirsting

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

to want; to desire

5

different thing; another question; different case

1

collar; lapels

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

2

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

coexistence

1

mutual; reciprocal

2

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

1

win-win (situation)

1

maintaining the status quo

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

1

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

3

(audio) recording

1

true character; real nature

5

storage

1

video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

1

personal history

1

second (unit of time); arc second

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

7

while passing each other

1

(video) recording

1

skirt

2

strongest

2

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss

1

person who has rendered distinguished service

1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

2

economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties

1