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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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one's post; place of work; workplace

4

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow

2

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

2

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

7

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

8

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

4

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

5

uproar; disturbance

1

anything and everything; just about everything

3

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

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

1

right about-face

1

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

1

lady; (female) pervert

1

to hell with; be damned

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

exit and entrance

2

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

6

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

1

gasping

1

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

1

to wipe; to dry

3

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

4

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

5

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

8

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

2

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

3

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

4

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

7

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

3

to be smeared; to be covered

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

8

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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