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while passing each other

1

almond eyes; slit eyes

2

to open (one's eyes) wide

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

falsehood; lie

1

script; screenplay; scenario

2

to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)

1

attendant; follower

3

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

impulse; impetus; urge

4

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

2

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

4

surface of a wall

4

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

1

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

2

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

secret understanding; collusion

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

synopsis; outline; plot

2

helical; spiral-shaped

1

Solomon Islands; Solomon

5

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

2

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

2

society; the world; the times

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

cooling; refrigeration

2

minimum; minuscule; local minimum

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

2

device

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internal pressure

1

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

3

physical phenomenon

1

insulation

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

atmospheric pressure

2