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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

one eye; one of one's eyes

1

to make narrow

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to laugh scornfully

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

100,000; hundred thousand

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

1

dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)

1

second grade; second class; secondary

1

irrational (line of) argument

1

nothing but; none other than

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

1

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

1

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

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intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

2

premeditated crime; deliberate crime

1

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

1

prediction; estimation

2

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

1

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

1

mere; only a ...

1

dangerous; unsatisfactory; boring

1

chorus (esp. in Greek drama); choir

1

judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

3

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize

2

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

helper; assistant; help

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

1

principle of reciprocity

1

passions; sexual desire; lust

3

to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

1

detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable

1

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

1

to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

1

calculating

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

rooftop

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confusion; distraction; derangement

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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mishearing

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