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scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

5

to harden one's heart

4

to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do

4

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

1

self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

3

adventurer

6

specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight

2

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

6

memory; ability to remember

5

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

1

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

1

example; exercise (for the reader)

1

perfect imitation (of a song, dance routine, etc., usu. by an amateur)

3

looking down

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

6

house-cloth; dust cloth

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

tray

5

hot cocoa; hot chocolate

2

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

3

doubt

2

father; dad; husband; you; he

2

broken; intermittent; disconnected

2

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

1

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

2

to overwork

3

to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement

2

concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

2

to add (e.g. a postscript)

1

recuperation; medical treatment

1

brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

3

talk; story; conversation

5

discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion

5

to violate the law

1

self-defense; self-defence

1

poor plan

5

cut in price

8

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

5

financial muscle; economic clout

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

3

paste (food, text, adhesive, etc.)

4

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

12

appraiser

1

(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.

2

to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

2

sales; selling; marketing

1

pricing; (price) positioning

7

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2