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to gradually rise

2

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

4

Little Miss Sunshine

1

process; course; mechanism

4

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

3

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

2

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

4

taciturn

1

derivation

1

all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

2

moral support; emotional support; spiritual support

1

to move forward; to move on

1

unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

at any rate; anyhow

1

original intention; initial resolution

1

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

2

binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

5

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

2

per-capita division; division according to the number of people

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

5

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

4

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

dark clouds; black clouds

1

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

1

feeling of oppression

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

4

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

18

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

darkness

2

remaining; left-over; excess

3

to crosshatch

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

quits; even; square

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

about this time

1

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

3

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

5

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)

4

cold water

2

back of head

1

still; as yet; as it has been

1