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to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

70

minimum

1

prime; conspicuous

4

point of likeness (between); resemblance; similarity

1

manner of using one's hands

1

once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

2

publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

psychopath

1

pro wrestler

1

shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

1

to deduct; to take away

1

self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

1

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

5

Hercule Poirot

3

one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

1

standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position

1

seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve

1

comatose state

1

curtain call

1

because; for; the reason why is ...

1

mobilization; mobilisation

4

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

pump-priming; rousing; stimulation

4

It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

1

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

1

abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy

1

severe attack; hard blow

2

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

to rack one's brain

2

going to sleep; falling asleep; sleeping

1

sleeping alone

1

fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

1

to be mad about; to be hooked on

1

strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

3

to avoid being seen; to be clandestine

3

heroic; brave

3

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

6

numerous; many

1

television program; TV program

1

murderer

1

mortar

2

no trouble; easy; simple

2

coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing

1

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

3

subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation

2

probatio diabolica; devil's proof

1

lateral; sideways; (from) side to side

1

emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing

1