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putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

3

Apollo (Greek and Roman god)

1

thigh; buttocks; arse; ass

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

1

to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

1

instruction; teaching

1

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

2

to pretend

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posing; modeling; modelling

2

wale (on the skin); welt; weal

2

decoration; order; medal

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

5

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

3

world line

2

move with haste (when you have no doubts)

2

double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

2

twin

1

high-handed; overbearing

8

company employee; office worker; white-collar worker

1

to spoil; to rot; to corrode

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

3

gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic

1

leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa

2

big news; important news

2

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

1

clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine

1

unavoidable; no help for

4

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

3

be; is

2

good

2

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

2

speaking of ...; as for ...

3

wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft

2

cotton gloves; working gloves

2

what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing

1

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

1

to gain strength; to have energy

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which; well; now; c'mon

1

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

3

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

1

reed tripe; beef abomasum

1

traditional craft; traditional handicrafts

1

bond; adhesive; glue

1

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

1

repair; mending

1

attachment

1

gun point; muzzle

1

artificial arm (hand)

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artificial leg

3

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

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