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disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight

3

filthy water; sewage

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

worry; anxiety; concern

1

outside world; physical world

2

dilemma; predicament

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

steel

1

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

4

candle

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

2

to spit out; to eject; to dump

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

3

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

2

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

1

to harm; to cause harm to

2

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

letting (someone) die without helping

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

unjust; inhuman

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

2

money and goods

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

worm; insect

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

2

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to save money

1

imitation; sham; -like

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

scarce; rare

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

3

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

2

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

LOL; haha

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

3

to hide; to keep to oneself

4

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

2