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wear; loss

2

February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)

1

percent; per cent; percentage

1

control circuit; controlling circuit

1

standby

1

bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; sudden increase (e.g. in public interest); fast rise (e.g. in rank)

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

2

to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)

1

full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)

5

100,000; hundred thousand

4

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

5

column of water; water column

3

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1

in a row; in a line

2

both sides of a ship

1

rapid-fire gun; quick-fire gun; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions

33

to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

2

fortress; stronghold; citadel

3

castle tower; keep; donjon

1

distance; perspective; far and near; here and there

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

4

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

1

wing veins (of an insect)

1

to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent

1

to interweave

1

generally

3

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

1

full portrait; whole aspect; full story

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

large warship

8

raging waves; battle cry; war cry

1

first cry of a newborn baby

1

pain; ache; -algia

2

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

1

China

1

speaker

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

1

to take to; to let one's heart go out to

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

2

sound pressure; acoustic pressure

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

how many people; a number of people

1

vocal cords; vocal folds

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

3