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to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

1

all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

18

despair; hopelessness

6

beat to death

1

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play

2

grand; heroic; sublime; fierce

1

intimate; close

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

4

to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish

1

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

3

most; much; greatly

1

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

2

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

3

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

to survive; to live long

1

otherwise; if not; or else

1

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

3

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

end; conclusion

4

to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

1

convenient

2

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

mike stand; microphone stand

2

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

3

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

2

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

mop

4

traffic cone; safety cone

2

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

to rack one's brains

1

to send word

1

to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

4

to lend (e.g. money)

2

without

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

mourning (dead persons); memorial

1

bite (in fishing)

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

in high spirits

3

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

9

as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

1

window

6

high window; clerestory window

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

2