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to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

3

since the dawn of history

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being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

2

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

2

to finish

1

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

1

to hide; to conceal oneself

2

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

1

to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction

1

customer service smile

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

popularity contest

2

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

2

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

2

lack of sleep

1

overwork; strain

2

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

2

public-health doctor

1

rest; quiet; repose

3

looking pale; looking unwell

2

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

2

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)

1

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

1

anti-establishment

2

convenient

3

worst-ever; history's worst

1

to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

2

heavy responsibility

1

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

2

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

fate; destiny; predestination

1

radio (communication); wireless; not using wires

8

to be free; to be available

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

3

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

5

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

to quicken one's pace (steps)

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to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

1

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

2

cesspool; sink; manure sink

2

explosive power

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piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

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