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discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

4

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

3

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

4

to stop bleeding

1

asking oneself

2

self-deprecating; self-mocking

1

one shō bottle (1.8 litres)

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

2

to throw away one's life

1

to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation

2

trap

1

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

1

Little Boy

2

little

1

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

1

professional

8

special forces

2

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

5

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

9

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

2

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

2

urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside

1

sense of space; spaciousness

1

irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

4

drop (e.g. of water); drip

5

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

2

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

1

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)

2

with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly

1

mole; lentigo; beauty spot

1

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

1

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

hollow-point bullet

2

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1

concrete block

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

to throw down

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

6

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

rubber raft; inflatable boat

2

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

1

on the sea; surface of the sea

1

lay-over; stop-over

1