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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

2

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

4

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

2

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

2

magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

3

to pour into (liquids); to pump into

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

2

to make sense; to be meaningful

1

fire; flame; blaze

1

baptism

2

one lump; one body; one group

1

optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

2

independence; self-reliance

1

colony

1

discretion; judgement

1

depending on; dependent on

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

2

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort

1

great haste; mad rush

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

2

impatience

1

creation; generation; formation; derivation

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

one second

1

bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

1

hair's breadth

1

to thank

1

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

1

looking away; looking aside

1

shriek; scream

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

2

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

1

fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

2