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to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits

3

joints; points (of a speech)

3

endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)

1

Nostradamus

4

deciphering; decoding

1

to hold the key (to)

1

research

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

9

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

2

meteorite

2

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

5

to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)

2

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

3

to indicate; to show; to point to

3

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

sunbathing

3

having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish

1

second (in a series)

1

celebrity

1

rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

1

inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group

1

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

1

from the beginning; from scratch

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

3

prophet; predictor; prognosticator

1

new century

1

outrageous lie; outright lie

2

mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression

1

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

moon; month

2

Angolmois

3

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

2

instant messaging (messenger, message); IM; input method; IM

1

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

1

to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

1

character string

4

no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake

1

or; OR (Boolean operator)

1

magneto-optical disk; MO

1

alphabet

2

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1