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subordinate work; assistant; servant

1

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

13

unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

2

all living things; all God's creatures, great and small

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

2

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition

4

purposeless; aimless

2

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

4

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

to be the case that

1

uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

2

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

5

disorder; disturbance; unrest

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

17

cause; origin; source

4

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

3

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

3

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

1

several tens

2

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

to count; to enumerate

5

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

3

wave; ups and downs

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

4

useless; futile; vain

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

1

Italy

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

7

war of attrition

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

2

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

2

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

3

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

8

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

10

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

2

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

5

easy; simple; plain

3

Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2