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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

2

Robert

2

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

prime of life

1

manager; landlord; warden; root (user)

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

1

number of years

1

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

7

perennial youth

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

stepping back; drawing back

2

complete recovery of health

1

autumn; fall

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness

1

self-protection

1

secret; secrecy

1

moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

6

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

2

initial symptom

1

physical phenomenon

1

powerful medicine; strong poison

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

interior of the body

2

strongest

1

to kill; to choke the life out of

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

to turn against; to become an enemy

1

theory

7

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

3

factor; factor; divisor

2

gene; genetic

2

reference; consultation

2

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

on Earth

1

human habitation

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

1

to run about trying to escape

1

mother; wife

3

I've got to be going; I must go

1

director of a hospital

1

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

talk; chat

1