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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

discomfort

2

without permission; without notice

1

to eat up

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

ridiculous; odd

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

2

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

3

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

5

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

tearful voice

1

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

2

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

4

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

2

to break down crying

2

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

5

retry

2

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

10

to get late; to advance; to wear on

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

6

everyone; one and all

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

3

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

2

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

to cast a shadow

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

1

discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony

2

bottom of one's heart

5

murderer

1

still; even now; to this day

2

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

3

in addition to this

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

seawater; saltwater

5

raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki

1

person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

8

to kiss

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polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

2

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

2

miso soup

2

cooked salmon

2

spinach

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