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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

2

troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

4

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

2

to behave well (of a child)

2

violence; mayhem

8

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

fist

3

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

1

parent and child

1

bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)

1

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

4

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

2

to weep one's eyes out

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to love

5

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

3

escalation

1

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

3

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

1

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

2

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to shake off

1

intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

2

pitch black; deep black

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

3

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

welcome; reception

1

much less; to say nothing of

1

murder; murderer

1

prison; detention house; detention center; jail

1

prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler

1

to take one's eyes off

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

to hang (e.g. oneself)

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

to consult a doctor

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to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

2

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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