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rope; cord

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some; several; many; how many; how much; very

2

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

2

receiving an electric shock

2

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

sending home; repatriation; deportation

1

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

1

white magic

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

1

gnu; wildebeest

1

Vail; Bale

1

cake

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

2

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

abrupt; sudden

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

belatedly

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

2

verbalizing; putting into words

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

lifesaver; person who saved one's life

2

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

from now on; hereafter

1

friendly; amicable

1

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

1

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

1

tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

large-scale

1

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

1

evidence; proof

2

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

something (or other)

1

whispering into a person's ear

1

massing (of troops); gathering

1

day and night; around the clock

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)

1

neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance

1

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

1