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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering

1

(kept) overnight

2

tacit; unspoken; implicit

1

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

1

normally; habitually

1

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

4

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

4

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

15

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

4

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

2

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

1

tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter

2

nosebleed

5

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

3

betting; gambling

3

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

2

arthralgia; joint pain

1

return; relapse; recurrence

1

heart; mind

2

money on hand

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

3

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

participant; entrant

2

to grasp tightly

2

near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

3

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

3

bet; wager; stake; gamble

2

everything one owns

2

with no hard feelings

2

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

desperately; for one's dear life

1

purse; handbag; wallet

1

to examine; to check; to inspect

2

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

4

to shout (in anger); to yell

3

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

3

strict order; peremptory command

2

to cheer (for)

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

3

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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