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earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

2

surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

5

please (give me); please (do for me)

5

rule

2

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

5

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

2

to feel despondent

1

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

11

all the more; still more

2

professional

2

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

6

know-how

1

high-level

5

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

5

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

4

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

6

offensive; aggressive

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

2

proper; respectable; decent; honest

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

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illegal; unlawful

1

if is not; if are not

4

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

3

few days

3

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

2

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

2

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

1

to blank out; to panic

2

aiming too high

1

father

8

bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

1

safety; security

3

sea route

1

to swim

1

most; extremely

1

pitch black

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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