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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

3

profitable plan; good plan

3

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

to shake one's head

2

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

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

1

wall; fence

1

to look into; to peer in

6

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

2

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

the ... in question

2

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

2

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

1

several times (as large, over)

2

butterfly

1

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

1

madness; craziness; insanity

2

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

2

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

to shave

1

overall; on the whole

2

shabby; seedy

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

4

unskilled; not very good at

1

bamboo shoot

1

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

2

to kill time

1

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

2

ten; 10; ten years of age

3

to count; to enumerate

3

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

3

languidly; loosely

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

2

to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

subordinate person

2

mistake; error; blunder

2

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

at once; immediately; right now

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

to stamp out (a fire)

1

hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound

1

does not

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