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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

4

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

1

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

chainsaw

1

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

5

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

1

(electric) torch; flashlight

1

soldering iron

4

disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking

2

toolbox

1

driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver

1

(circuit) tester; micrometer

1

cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers

1

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

2

mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic

1

scientist

2

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

2

journal; magazine; periodical

1

appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)

1

meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

1

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)

1

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

to heat; to heat up

1

metal

2

solder; pewter

1

wiring

1

adherence; sticking (to); fixation

1

substitution

1

distant look; faraway look

1

hero

3

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

great gathering

1

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

psychopath

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

2

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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