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setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

7

to sign a contract

1

minutes (period of)

4

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

1

to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude

1

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

the five senses

1

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

3

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

3

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

that day; the very same day

2

to hate; to dislike

1

drawing board; drafting board

3

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

3

cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

how many hours?

1

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

1

time limit

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

4

to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

7

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

4

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

1

pure white

6

classic example; classic case; textbook example; representative example; typical case

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

since; henceforth

2

list; wrist

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

1

desire for revenge; vengeful thought

2

token of appreciation

1

thanks; gratitude

4