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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

4

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

8

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

13

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

6

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

4

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

7

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

5

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

such; this sort of; like this

3

helper; assistant; help

2

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

2

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

at any rate; anyhow

1

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

5

mess; jumble; muddle; chaos

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

13

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

4

to tell a lie; to fib

7

to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

3

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

so; like this; in this way

11

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

4

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

2

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

3

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

6

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

1

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

3

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

if; in case; supposing

7

kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

3

piercingly

3

feelings of guilt

3

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

5

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

5

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1