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beforehand; in advance; previously

2

invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

1

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

1

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

3

scenery; scene; landscape

3

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

2

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

6

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

mixed; mingled

1

perfectly level

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

7

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

although; though; despite the fact that ...

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

91

watering hole; watering place

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

19

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

3

(traffic) congestion

3

divorce

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

8

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off

5

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

4

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

7

to narrow; to contract

3

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

6

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

4

small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

2

hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

12

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

2

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

to accord someone every courtesy

1

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

to grow old

2

body hair

1

silver (color, colour)

9

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

3

suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

3