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to manage something successfully; to be successful

2

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

3

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

2

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

3

act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour

1

infancy; childish; infantile; immature

2

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

it seems that; as if

2

big; large; great

7

clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

2

to escape

3

mental; spiritual; emotional

4

immaturity; infancy

1

cliche

1

phrase; strawberry

2

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

1

to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated

1

to perceive; to understand

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

5

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

2

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

2

to shed tears

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

3

literary

1

with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration

1

weeping; lamenting

1

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

2

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

infantile regression

1

back (of body)

3

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

2

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

5

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

4

to fear; to be afraid of

3

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

1

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

garden (esp. with trees); park

1

inexpert or untrained eyes

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

3

to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

1

urgency; emergency

4

far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

1

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

2