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desperate; hopeless

2

support; backing; aid; assistance

28

salt removal; desalination

1

to be softened; to calm down

2

reopening; resumption; restarting

3

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

2

doll; puppet; figure

3

nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch

1

trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about

1

article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

1

about medium

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

3

tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

4

stock; inventory

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

1

important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

getting on board; sailor; seaman

1

maid; helper; help; assistance

3

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

2

matter to be checked or investigated

1

tax

4

saltpan; field for drying salt

3

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

3

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

2

reluctant; hesitant

1

heir; successor

4

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

4

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

2

inspection; examination; survey

1

ruler; monarch; sovereign

1

being lost for words

1

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

without permission; without notice

1

short; brief

2

throne

1

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

27

real harm; actual damage

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

5

bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body

1

guard (soldier)

1

women and children

5

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

2