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

4

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

1

reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

2

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

things; everything

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

3

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men

1

ash; ashes

2

to set aside

1

failing mark; failing grade

1

preparatory phase; preparatory period

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

11

as anyone can see

1

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

4

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

concocting an alibi

1

to take (all of) into consideration

1

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

1

like that; that way; thus

3

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

not only

2

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

4

doesn't even exist

1

Kobe (city)

1

obedience; submission; resignation

2

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

4

direct relation

1

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

7

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

(tube of) instant glue

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

adhesive; glue

2