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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

sand; grit

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

3

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

5

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

3

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

46

old hag; old woman; old bat

1

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

1

be; is

3

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

3

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

18

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

12

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

1

festival; feast; carnival

1

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

2

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

2

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

2

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

standing firm; holding out

1

oil

3

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

3

way; method; means; resource; course

6

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

4

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

7

tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

15

to bring someone along

6

older sister; lass; young lady

13

used article (esp. clothes)

2

boat; rowing boat

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

feeling; sense; impression

6

lady; gentleman; person

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

5

to say; to state

1

calling on; visiting

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

2

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

8

big; large; great

3

monster

4

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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