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thrashing; beating

3

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

4

easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely

6

sensual love; love affair

1

responsibility; duty; obligation

2

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

depths; deep level

3

sleepy; drowsy

2

to glare at; to scowl at

2

to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down

3

courting; wooing; making advances

1

cricket (Gryllidae spp.)

1

the big three ...

1

mood; atmosphere; mood

5

with a momentary flash of light

2

to keep a watchful eye on

1

come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

1

pentatonic scale

1

nine; 9

1

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

4

monotonous

1

game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play

1

to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows

1

independence; self-reliance

7

looks; features

2

to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess

2

poker face

2

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

(sense of) presence

3

short life; short lived

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

at a young age; while still young

1

radiation sickness; radiation disease

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

plague; Black Death

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

disease

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

1

to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind

1

leukemia; leukaemia

1

to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

2

whole face; all over one's face

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

3

this much; this amount

2

unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)

2