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pendant (jewellery)

1

with a clink (click, clack)

1

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

4

should do; ought to do; must do

1

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

1

cancellation; suspension

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

biological younger brother

1

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

1

to do

3

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

3

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

bandit; brigand

1

number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

disintegration; self-destruction

1

waste; extravagance

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

relative; relation; kin

1

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on

2

to twist; to distort

1

cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

3

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

1

serious crime; grave crime

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

punishment; penalty

1

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

2

leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

1

at least; at most; (even) just

1

even though; despite; when

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

6

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

to twine around

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

1

cold sweat; greasy sweat

1

shit!; damn!

3

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

pieces; scraps; disconnected

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

loud (of a voice)

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

our country; our land; one's own country

1

iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

1