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they; those guys

2

garments; attire

9

wicked tongue; abusive language

1

rather; sooner; preferably

8

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

2

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

2

one eyebrow

11

self-consciousness; self-awareness

2

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

25

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

15

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

8

to beat to death; to kill

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

4

to stagger; to stumble

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

11

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

5

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

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

to finish saying

1

without a moment's delay

5

shin; shank; lower leg

3

blow; hit; stroke

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

16

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

7

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

9

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

18

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

4

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

to shrug one's shoulders

12

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

dispersing; breaking up; running away

2

several days later

3

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

1

grim face

3

showy; ostentatious

2

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

coarse; rough; crude

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

5

elbow

4

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

4

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

5

languid; listless

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

15