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friends forever

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

left foot; left leg

3

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

3

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

approach run; run-up

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

3

(body) weight

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

4

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

2

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

2

to survive

2

key people

1

complete destruction

1

the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

2

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

1

popularity contest

1

certain; sure; no doubt

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

3

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit

3

knee joint

2

heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage

1

elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out

1

to smash; to break

1

forced; compulsory

2

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

to put one's strength into

2

to scoop up; to dip up

1

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

1

oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing

1

plastic model

1

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

trial; test; try

2

no loss or gain; coming out even

1

loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

many times

1

voracity; ravenousness

1

big snake; (large) serpent

1