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thorny path

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

to shine; to glitter

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paper-thin (difference)

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strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

2

extreme masochist; very masochistic

1

to get goosebumps

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rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

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no matter how much time passes

3

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

legs and loins

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to gradually rise

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy

1

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

1

to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid

1

right now; just now

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

faint smile; half smile

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

2

thumb; big toe

2

to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

1

one's duty; one's part

1

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square

1

spell; charm; incantation; magic word

1

aria; singing; chanting

1

disappointment; despair

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

manly; masculine; like a man

3

deadlock; stalemate

1

throbbing (pain); pounding

2

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

altogether; entirely

2

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

1

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

annoying; noisy; strict

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

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