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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

5

hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court

1

straining one's ears

1

to feel ashamed

4

right; privilege

6

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

2

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

to speak the truth

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

9

to burst (open); to break; to split

1

suspicion; jealousy

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

stop

2

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

privacy

1

turn

1

The Addams Family (1964 TV series)

1

surrounding at a distance

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

9

chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream

2

spoon

3

zoo; zoological gardens

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

1

skin disease

1

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty

1

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

stew

2

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

pot-au-feu

2

(Western) soup

3

woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

2

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

3

butter

3

gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

a bit more; a bit longer

1

Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

minestrone

6

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

2