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diagonal

2

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

12

pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

1

ridiculous

1

to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death

1

being worth doing

2

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

10

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

5

rocking chair; rocker

1

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

3

doze; nap; snooze

3

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

5

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

1

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

6

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

hemp yarn; linen thread

1

chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher

1

eye of a needle

2

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

9

commodity; property

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

7

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

4

skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

2

eye socket; orbit

6

blind person

1

sewing; needlework

1

incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence

4

talking about (behind one's back); backbiting

4

pornography; obscene book

3

inferiority complex

5

to divert; to distract

10

what action to take; what to do with oneself

2

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

6

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

2

to complain about one's hard lot

1

blinking away tears; blinking tear filled eyes

1

now; come (now); well

13

very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)

3

gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score (in golf)

1

to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

2

to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn

1

to pass; to pass by

4

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

2

to uncork a bottle

1

supernatural power; divine power; magical power

2

brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

11

activation; invigoration; stimulation

6

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

5