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to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

(Western) playing cards

13

pyramid

7

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

2

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

4

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

2

innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

1

serious injury

11

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

in those days

2

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

4

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

2

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

to hit the mark

1

support; backing; patronage

1

near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

1

the sense of hearing

5

seven (long cylindrical things)

2

number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)

1

fierce fighting

1

to give a true account; to give a graphic account

1

irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal

2

support

4

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

3

sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture

1

emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs

2

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

6

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

(take) shelter; shunt

1

and then; and so; and; so then

7

afterimage; imprint

3

fake goods; imitations

6

archery; mapping; map; morphism

2

calm; composed; leisurely

6

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

threat; intimidation; menace

11

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

arrowhead

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

1

cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

3

abrasion; scratch

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

3

critical hit (esp. in RPGs)

1

silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

2

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

1

snappingly; with a snap

1