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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

2

borrowed thing

4

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

trial; judgement; judgment

3

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

2

pride

3

to sober up

1

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

niece

1

finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self

3

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

1

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

meaningless; pointless

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

2

compensation

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

1

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

1

plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation

3

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

little bit

1

nursing (a patient)

1

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

2

partner

1

intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)

1

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

2

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

1

even if; even though; wow

1

thorny path

1

request; appeal; claim; purchase

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

1

digression

1

very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

5

everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

1

most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place

1

to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button; to bungle up the order

1

flood; flooding

1

interval; break; pause; spare moment

2

without permission; without notice

1

to settle down

3

earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

pendant

1

southern route

1