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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

2

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

2

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

2

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression

1

verbal message; word (from someone)

1

question; query

8

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

1

elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff

2

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

1

groan; moan; moaning

1

ground; earth's surface

2

strong; intense; severe

1

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

1

elbow; elbow (piping)

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

name change

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

something (or other)

3

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

place to die; place of death

4

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

short term; short time

1

acting; performance

1

so far as

1

all on one's own

1

violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

6

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

5

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

1

investment; contribution; financing

3

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

every day

1

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

1

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

and yet; despite (all) that

2

easy to understand

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

2

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

3