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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

2

to summon courage; to be brave

4

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

3

pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)

1

fuel

2

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

3

individual difference

1

late ripening; late maturity; developing late

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

5

mental age

2

optimism; taking an optimistic view

3

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

4

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

5

family lineage

2

both families

2

to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

2

to be blinded by greed

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

3

with a rosy future; offering promising prospects

3

weakest

3

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

1

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

4

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)

10

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

3

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

2

insisting

1

to fire into; to shoot into

4

with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished

1

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

2

lethality; killing effectiveness

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

3

to burn to a crisp; to scorch

2

several shots; several blows

2

to be hideously burned; to be burned raw

1

suicide bomb attack

1

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

3

(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

1

woman's body

1

descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance

5

stimulating; exciting; provocative

3

ultimate

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material; substance; matter

1

to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)

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