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to pay attention (to)

2

spiral; helix; screw

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

2

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

3

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

5

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

for emergency use

1

two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

2

fast approach; quick intimacy

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

wale (on the skin); welt; weal

1

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

1

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

1

to turn off power

8

distributing board (panel); switchboard

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

9

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

school duties or affairs

6

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

1

fumbling; groping

2

illumination; lighting

2

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

2

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

1

dull sound; muffled sound

2

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

2

girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)

1

wooden; made of wood

3

several tens

2

steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

2

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

3

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

thud; thump; bang

6

before long; even now

2

at least; at most; (even) just

3

with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

1

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

2

one edge; one end; one side

1

to switch off; to turn off

3

(a) row; line

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

3