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to make a start

2

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

5

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

3

extreme; extremity

12

antipathy; reluctance; resistance

1

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

3

salty sea breeze; salt wind

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

2

blood

1

peripheral nerves

1

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

3

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

3

to come within sight

1

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1

going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

2

to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral

5

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

3

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

3

submarine voyage; underwater navigation

1

lightly; nimbly

1

diving; submerging; going underwater

8

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

6

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

8

working one's way up; self-made person; veteran

1

bright person; talented student; prodigy

1

etiquette; courtesy

2

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

2

above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

4

to catch one's attention

2

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

pulsation; pulsatory motion

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

3

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

12

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

3

blood content; blood borne; within the blood

1

carbon dioxide

1

with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly

1

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

short distance; short range; short-haul

6

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

2

head; cranium; cephalic

8

knee strike; kneeing

1

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

life jacket; life vest

1

big yawn

1

rowboat

2