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high-handed; oppressive

1

glad countenance; joyful look

5

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

2

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

3

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

11

to pretend

3

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

8

a throw; a fall

2

male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

5

to pick a fight

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

2

rare (or peculiar) animal

2

love affair

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

9

this sort of

1

to suppress one's emotions

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

3

kicking (an opponent)

2

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

3

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

3

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

6

soggy; soaking; drenched; incessantly (complaining)

1

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

4

groan; moan; moaning

5

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

4

to release

3

overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful

2

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

1

reminiscent talk

1

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

2

indignation; resentment

3

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

5

we

8

China and India; far away

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

2

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

4

settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

2

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

4

to complain; to lodge a complaint

3

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

other people; others

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

acute (illness)

1

alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication

1

cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink

1