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needy circumstances; living in poverty

2

talking about memories; reminiscences

1

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

2

gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

to slap; to strike; to spank

2

to challenge (a person) to a fight

2

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

to do (for someone)

2

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

lecture's fee

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

great writer; major writer

1

thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate

2

talkative person; gossip

1

boastful speech; bragging

1

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

1

strategist; tactician; schemer

1

drama; theatre; theater; play

2

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

hamlet

4

to reread; to read again

1

William Shakespeare

1

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work

1

Ducis

2

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

1

adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

1

original work

2

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

1

to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

1

loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter

2

director (of a film, play, etc.)

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

6

Vera

33

Levit; Levitt

4

call; summons; convening; convocation

2

power harassment; harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying

1

electron; electronic

3

integrated circuit; IC; interchange

2

to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

1

electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics

1

to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1