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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

2

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

1

bloated (esp. stomach); bulging; sticking out; gaping wide; caving in

2

glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

1

god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

2

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

4

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

14

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

3

company president; manager; director

3

to become red; to redden; to blush

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

3

nomadism

1

equestrian tribe; equestrian people

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

1

impression

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

2

waxwork; wax model

1

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

2

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

bank; banking institution

2

professor; teaching; instruction

148

ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

2

frozen dessert

1

shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone

1

usurer; usury; loansharking

2

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

6

collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

1

uncontrollable; irrepressible

1

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

2

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

1

looks; appearance

1

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

1

skill; dexterity; master hand

2

appetite (for food)

1

not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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