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positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)

6

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

2

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

1

abuse; misuse; perversion

1

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

2

someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

1

way of life

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

13

mishearing

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

13

snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

1

nose tip

1

dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

9

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

climax; turning point

3

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

5

reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)

10

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

5

aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

4

eleven o'clock

11

negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic

4

to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

4

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

ska

1

bowel movement

1

hemorrhoids; piles

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

3

half and half; fifty-fifty

2

one's own child; one's own children

1

forced; compulsory

4

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

1

quotation; citation; reference

1

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

4

to keep balance

3

compatibility; coexistence; standing together

3

romantic

5

having a dream

1

alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do

1

to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

poof

1

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

2

unbalance; imbalance

1

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

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