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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

to covet; to lust for

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

1

tail (animal); tail end; tip

1

you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty

1

mercy

1

solution; way out

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

6

low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level

3

to resort to violence

1

crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

1

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

1

revenge

2

desire; wish; aspiration

3

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

serves you right!; see what happens!

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

1

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

obvious; evident; clear

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

1

juror; juryman

1

to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

1

enmity; grudge

1

regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

2

jealousy

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

1

negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)

8

to like; to prefer

1

the dark side; the seamy side

1

bringing about; cause; provocation

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

harassment; pestering

2

to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

3

Europe

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause

1

to make an appearance; to show up

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friction; discord; strife

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