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to choose; to select

2

herself; she herself

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity

2

beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic

1

to polish up; to shine up

1

cosmetics; toilet articles

1

to daub; to smear

1

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

1

to dress up

1

hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

6

one by one; one after another; successively

4

as soon as; right after

2

credit card company

1

large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

1

grim face; angry look

2

they; them

3

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

urge; demand; importunity

1

despair; hopelessness

1

negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)

1

desire; wish; aspiration

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

3

what on Earth is this?

1

to wring the neck; to strangle

2

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

throat; singing voice

3

to tear off; to rip off

2

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

1

drawing; painting; picture

1

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

2

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

3

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

5

in all

1

main cause; primary factor

1

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

2

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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.)

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

2

(being on the) defensive

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

each; every

3

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

2

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

1

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

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