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to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

2

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

9

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

1

household economy; family finances

1

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

7

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

4

(one's) late father

1

professional duties

2

mostly involve; principally involve

1

problem; trouble; worry

2

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

4

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides

1

how many people

3

in succession; one by one

3

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

thank you; thanks

2

running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

2

sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease

1

to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words

1

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

1

insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

2

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

3

hula (dance)

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

2

wooden sword

1

how; in what way

2

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

6

despair; hopelessness

3

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

2

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

2

fourteen; 14

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

8

each time

3

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

6

to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

means; method; way

1

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

7

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

4

to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)

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