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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

3

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

2

vested interests

2

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

3

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

2

do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end

2

great difference; major mistake

3

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

9

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

4

to sniff; to smell

2

complicity

1

taking the initiative

1

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

conservation of electric power

2

similar people

1

(romantic) love

12

for one's true nature to come out

1

cares; ill feeling; reserve

4

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

2

trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

1

misfire

1

exchange; conversion

3

attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint

2

alarm

1

telecommunications

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

6

pace

2

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

6

of no interest; not interested

1

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

10

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

3

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

6

paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

2

normal

1

disk

22

chatting; idle talk

6

teaching materials

1

Video Cassette (Tape) Recorder; VCR

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

11

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

15

hyperspace; superspace

1

tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

2

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

4

choice; selection

1

original work

1

novel; (short) story

3