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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

4

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

3

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

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neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

sky; air; mid-air

4

darkish; dusky

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

passing mark (examination); passing grade

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

rather; better

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

2

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

mistake; error; blunder

1

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

2

collar; lapels

1

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

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obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

2

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

1

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

action of making something; -ification

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

1

soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

1

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

1

to get wet

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shock; impact; crash

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

1

rib; rib cage

1

house-cloth; dust cloth

15

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

3

burlesque; low comedy; farce

1

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

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origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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