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orchid; light purple

1

stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall

1

soft serve ice cream

1

amethyst

1

diamond

2

(finger) ring

91

article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article

2

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

2

ribbon or lapel badge worn in place of a medal; service ribbon; medal ribbon; ribbon bar

2

courtesy call; courtesy visit

2

interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening

1

synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program

2

even without doing; even without being

1

slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse

2

elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone (something)

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

2

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

2

orthodox

1

vocal solo

1

actor; actress; player; performer

1

to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

2

whisper; murmur

1

beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing

1

role of the villain; the bad guy

1

backward somersault; back handspring; backflip

2

opera

1

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

1

to listen to in an ecstasy

1

to lower the curtain; to come to an end

1

title role (in a film, play, etc.)

1

child actor; child actress; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part

3

sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

2

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

1

greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious

2

greedy

8

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

4

to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest

1

guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience

1

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

4

high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse

1

high-handed; overbearing

3

villainess; antagonist young lady

1

big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly

2

standing ovation

1

embarkation; boarding

1

laughingstock; butt of ridicule

5

sponsor

6

fiction; fabrication; concoction

1

fiction

1