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shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

2

straight; upright; erect

3

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

2

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

7

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

4

nice guy

1

protection; repellent

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

during imprisonment; while in jail

1

to unsheathe

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

2

defensive-only

1

heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

3

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

lightly; easily; carelessly

3

under a tree

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

2

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

1

to tear off

6

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

5

veil

1

escape; getaway; evasion

3

loss

1

revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth

4

chisel; graver

1

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

effective; successful

2

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge

1

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

5

to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death

2

together; in company

2

to look forward to

3

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

3

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

2

hot-tempered person

2

change (e.g. season)

2

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

3

one's share; one's portion

1

back (of a chair); backrest

3

provisional; temporary; tentative; interim

2

measure; step; action

3