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freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty

1

Logue; Roeg

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

old man; old goat

1

politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)

1

principle of laissez-faire

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

1

slowly; sluggishly

1

to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

2

outer wall (e.g. castle); outer block (enclosure); outline; contour

1

muffled voice

4

to collapse into; to flop onto

3

hot wind

1

to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

1

symmetry; second person

1

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

5

hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

1

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

2

strong; resolute; firm; strict

1

that is; namely; i.e.

8

situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position

1

self-protection

2

to sew on

2

unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

6

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

2

plain; moor; prairie

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

4

it is I who should say so

6

unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up

2

a sound; one sound

1

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

1

superhuman strength

10

gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove

3

calvaria; area at top of head; parietal

2

weld; welding

1

to feel; to sense

1

everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

2

composition

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

5

barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

2

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

2

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1