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pebble

2

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

8

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

5

tension; strain

1

density

1

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

2

showy; ostentatious

1

lame excuse; poor excuse

1

ostentation; display

2

mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

1

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

1

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

1

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

2

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

2

contrary to one's expectations

1

oversight; omission

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

comfort

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

3

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

3

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

1

to toady; to be obsequious

1

all one has; all one's possessions

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

1

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

4

refusal; rejection

4

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

4

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

linear

1

to be found

1

end; close; termination

2

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2