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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

2

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

1

to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

1

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

4

detour; diversion

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

benefactor; patron

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

2

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

ten years; decade

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

vomit; vomiting

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1

antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

1

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

(for) how many days; what day (of the month)

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

2

serialization; serialisation; serial story

6

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

3

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

2

nervous disorder; neurosis

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

1

spasmodic(ally); fitful

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

1

change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

2

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation

1

just before

1

forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

suicide by hanging; hanging oneself

1