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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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Lancaster (Britain)

13

heir; inheritor; successor

1

founding of a nation

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

1

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

tumbling

1

enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)

1

how; in what way; by what means

1

spell of fine weather

1

volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

1

to increase; to grow

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

brake

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

4

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1

final; eventual; ultimate

1

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

1

mother

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

two; 2

1

(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes

1

older brother and younger sister

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

older brother

1

guardian; protector; patron; parent

1

inside; within

2

rapid (e.g. progress)

1

clique; faction

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

leader; central personage

1

shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to walk

6

riverbank; riverside

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

5

inhumane; inhuman

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