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scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

3

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

3

in advance; beforehand; previously

1

to see through; to see the true nature of something

1

in this manner; in this way; like this

3

hydrogen sulphide; hydrogen sulfide; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulfuretted hydrogen

1

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

2

tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm

3

safety pin

1

hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; bobby pin

1

unlucky

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

2

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

5

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

6

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

3

command; direction

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress

1

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

2

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

2

to resew; to remake

2

cold water

1

sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM

3

marshland; wetland; swampland

2

caller; visitor; company; guest

3

to attract attention; to come into the limelight

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

1

crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

4

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

2

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

2

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

4

nasal voice

1

gun; rifle; small arms

3

pistol

1

waterside; waterfront

1

goose

1

well done; good job

1

dock; duck

1

Goes

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1