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to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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fog; mist; spray

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

2

silence (not speaking); muteness

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

2

if it is (the case that ...)

2

instant death

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

2

limits; end; bounds

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

3

four (long cylindrical things)

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expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

each; every

6

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

3

to add (to); to add on; to append

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

vitality; (one's) life force

3

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

looking pale; looking unwell

2

to lean over; to lean in

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rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps

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to narrow (e.g. eyes)

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

5

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

4

cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

3

fierce attack

3

to watch for an unguarded moment

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to make a serious effort

4

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

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root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation

1

pistol; handgun

2

to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

3

fast approach; quick intimacy

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skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

1

iron sand; magnetite sand

2

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

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

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fall; drop; descent; coming down

3

rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession

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bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

3

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

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supreme; sublime; highest

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founder; originator; pioneer

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