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manner of using one's hands

1

puzzle

1

plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation

1

earnings

2

luxury cruise ship; luxury liner

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

1

armament; soldier's equipment

1

first day; opening day

3

main question; real issue at hand

3

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

2

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

3

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

3

finished product; finished goods; completed article

2

smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal

3

biggest; largest scale

2

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

4

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

3

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

naming; giving a name; designation; nominal

3

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

3

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

2

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

9

endgame; final stage

3

hegemony; leadership; initiative

4

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

11

naming; christening

2

(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

1

advance; charge

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

8

to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

1

to smash down; to beat in

1

time; labour; labor

5

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

3

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

vocal sound; tone of voice

1

to find it hard to say

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

1

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

8

snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

2

naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid

1

a help; assistance

2

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

4

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

7

employment (long term); hire

3

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

3

enemy ship

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offensive; aggressive

2