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tidying up; finishing

3

obstacle; hurdle

1

perception; sensing; noticing

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

thin film

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

2

to order; to command; to appoint

1

depository; storage area; storage location; storage site

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

1

ruling classes

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

1

to shake off

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

to cut off the retreat

1

straight line

1

friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

1

beam of light

1

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

3

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

short of hands

1

guard; girder bridge

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

7

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

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)

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

1

darkness; the dark

4

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

1

twice; again; second time

1

change of course

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

2

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

2

ability; performance; efficiency

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

2

incompletion; incomplete; unfinished

1

outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

2