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as soon as possible; ASAP

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greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

1

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

1

last resort

1

sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

1

source of river; fountainhead

1

irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume

2

landslide

3

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

through; non-stop; direct; going straight to

1

inspection; examination; checking

1

burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)

1

to notify; to advise; to inform

1

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

2

childbirth; delivery; confinement

2

imposing stance; daunting pose

2

convenience; service; facility; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool

1

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

1

outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

a lot; loads; plenty

1

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

2

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

1

barn; road; bang; bam

1

to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

1

electrical discharge

2

receiving an electric shock

2

low frequency

2

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

2

niece

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

ideal

1

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

1

to leave open

1

both mother and child

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

2

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

1

to grin

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

2

protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

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to spoil the mood

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cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

1

serious crime; felony

1

to go on reading

2

to finish reading; to read through

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