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yes; that is so

2

split; division; break up

1

majority

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

4

quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper

2

family; relatives; dependents; household

5

prejudice; bias; distorted view

1

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

1

desert

2

wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

1

very great; enormous; serious

1

indirection; indirectness

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

2

capture; seizure

5

study; research; investigation

9

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

2

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

enticement; inducement; attraction

4

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

2

fluency; volubility

1

to answer a question

1

without a moment's delay

1

to cause harm (to)

2

that's so, however ...

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

2

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

6

phase change; state change; transformation

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

5

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

2

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

3

file

2

near future

1

low technology; low-tech

1

water system; river system; drainage system

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

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

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

2

practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

3

elementary level; beginner level

3

absorbing power

1

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

9

meteor shower

2

beam; light ray

5

extensive; vast range; wide scope

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

4

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

2

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

1