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connection; link; relationship

5

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

delusion; trick of the imagination

3

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

to make an error

3

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

1

to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge

4

brave; heroic; gallant

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

3

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

2

exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities

1

act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

2

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

6

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

4

lodging host; lodging place

1

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

3

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

4

absolute

2

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

2

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

5

and; although; but

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

3

God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

1

unexpected result; upset; surprise

1

reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

1

declaration of war; proclamation of war

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

5

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

4

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

6

precocity; early ripening; premature development

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

3

to be hesitant; to feel timid

2

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

plunging to one's death; death from a fall

1

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

2

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

6

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

to drink too much

6

comparatively; relatively

1

thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

1