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between life and death

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

power map; power structure; power relationships

1

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

3

to be conceited

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

to make frantic efforts

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

4

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

2

total; sum

1

champion

1

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

2

to be overcome with emotion

1

grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

1

to sit down

1

flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

2

bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

1

firmly; solidly; heartily

2

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

to pamper; to spoil

1

alternation of generations

2

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

2

aggregate amount

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

1

the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

1

to impress (someone)

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

5

to contract a disease

1

hospitalization; hospitalisation

2

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

1

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

1

very deeply

3