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to hold the key (to)

2

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

11

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

5

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

2

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

3

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

2

house where one was born; one's parents' house

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

body build; figure

2

apparent; obvious; very clear

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

3

doll; puppet; figure

1

as a child; when one was a child

2

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

1

hardness; stiffness

1

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

3

bounce; bound

1

to hold one's breath

2

to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

2

smoke; fumes

7

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

2

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

11

smoke bomb; smokebomb

1

leather; leather-bound; leathern

1

gas mask; air-purifying respirator

5

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

double (two-leaf) door

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

2

forward somersault; forward roll

2

razor

1

dazzlingly

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

dot; point; polka dots; pixel

6

absolute

1

rule

2

crime; offence; offense

3

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

purple smoke; tobacco smoke

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

swig; gulp

1

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

1

(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

2