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serious look (on one's face); straight face

2

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

4

title; name; degree

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

6

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

2

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

9

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

12

scale; vernier

1

fundamental; basic

1

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

3

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

2

no exception; without exception; always the same

1

after dinner

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

1

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

underwater

1

to become dim; to become blurred

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

3

to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob

1

pink

1

long

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

5

to go along; to walk along; to follow

2

to wipe; to dry

3

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

2

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

to tighten; to press hard

1

(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points

1

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck

1

heart

1

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

1

more than usual

2

very young; little; childish; immature

1

instinctive; instinctual

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

1

to come back; to return; to recur

1

to shed tears

4

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

1

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

2

what to do

3

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

2