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gauntlet

3

in high spirits; talking big

2

pomade stick; stick pomade

1

mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic

3

one's first campaign; one's first battle

5

to have meaning; to be meaningful

10

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

3

hand-to-hand combat

11

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

2

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)

8

knockout

21

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program

36

fan form; fan shape

2

sheet; thin plate

2

bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats

2

cutting; cutting off

2

to cool (water) down; to make less hot (e.g. by adding cold water)

2

senility; dotage; decrepitude

4

friends forever

3

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

22

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

13

(body) weight

8

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

3

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

14

key people

2

complete destruction

1

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

5

certain; sure; no doubt

5

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

36

heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage

2

to smash; to break

24

to scoop up; to dip up

7

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

3

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)

14

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

2

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

3

plastic model

3

no loss or gain; coming out even

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

12

many times

2

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

11

forte; strong point

4

presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

1

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

4

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

7

landslide

3

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

3

wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief

7