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fumbling; groping

2

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

2

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

even if not; even without

1

rather; better

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

for a while; for some time; for a period

5

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

3

tool; implement; means; furniture

4

parts; accessories; components

1

use; service; purpose

2

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

8

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

allophone; strange noise

1

engineer; technician

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

2

loud sound; loud reverberation

2

very dim light

2

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

aging; wearing out; deterioration

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

4

various articles

1

(all) together

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

3

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

2

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

dust

4

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

to dodge; to evade

1

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

3

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

3

to lean against; to set against

1

shovel; spade; scoop

2

pickaxe

5

shock; impact; crash

4

chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

1

destructive; devastating

1

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

1

to wrap up

2

to rush over; to run up to

3