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sense of inferiority; one's weak point

1

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

to experience

1

cares; ill feeling; reserve

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

1

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

(the condition of) one's health

1

carpenter

1

dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break

1

deep affection; dear; beloved

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

5

bluff

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

1

abominable; detestable

1

complicated and mysterious

1

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

self-protection

1

heavyweight (esp. boxing); heavyweight division

1

boxer; boxer (dog breed)

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

schedule; program; programme; itinerary

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

1

dice; die

1

Ouch!

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

1

at present; now

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

4

twice; again; second time

1

good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green

1

distant; cold; formal

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

main thread (of a story)

1

art of conversation

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

capacity; volume; capacitance

1

strategy; tactics

1

dependence; reliance

1

personification; anthropomorphization

1

figure of speech

1

faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

1