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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

2

gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look

5

World Heritage (site)

2

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

7

scorn; disdain; contempt

2

self-control; self-restraint

7

to get tired of waiting

3

to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

3

to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

3

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

1

sunscreen; suntan lotion; sunblock

6

oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

24

sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat

2

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

4

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

2

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

to release

2

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

3

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

21

rubber hose

1

development; exploitation

3

digger; excavator; power shovel

1

steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control

1

momentary; instantaneous

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

2

aha!; yes sir

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

6

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

7

hard to get; hard to come by

1

water's edge; beach; foreshore

6

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

7

snorkel

1

hardness

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

soft; weak

1

seawater; saltwater

3

earthquake

2

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

4

safety; welfare; well-being

3

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella

8

shade; shadow

5

swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

1