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(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

2

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

seal

3

paper-knife

1

easy to read; legible; clear

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

3

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

2

your Highness; his Highness; her Highness

3

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

roughly

1

matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event

1

pregnancy; conception

1

to ooze (out); to seep

1

start of a romance; beginning of love

1

on duty

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

2

due form; official; formality

2

advanced age; senility

1

love affair; love relationship

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

1

final; eventual; ultimate

3

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

2

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

3

very young bride; child bride; childish wife

1

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

1

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

4

cold reception; inhospitality

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

3

practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

cost; expense

1

making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation

1

donkey; ass

2

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

2

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

2

inattention; absent-mindedness

2

one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

1

troubled face; worried expression

1

aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

1

present; gift

5

to be the case that

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

(one acting as a) foster parent

4