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between life and death

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

children

2

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

3

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

2

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper

8

life span

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

9

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

2

negative; minus

3

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

1

weak; frail; fragile

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

9

much less; to say nothing of

5

possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on

4

older brother; elder brother

5

exchange; conversion

3

to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

1

desperate; hopeless

3

to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

2

to cry and shout; to scream

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

12

original sin

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

3

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

to sob

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

paper

2

(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

1

reason; cause; history; origin

2

not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

1

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

coherence; consistency

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

4

personality; character; individuality; personhood

8

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

2

remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

5

secret; private; surreptitious

3

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

5

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

at least

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

condition; state (of health); appearance

2