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raising (bet); raising (object); lifting; raising (topic); bringing up; raising (children); rearing

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

5

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

6

freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

1

failure; mistake; blunder

2

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

5

good boy; good girl

1

lavish; profuse

1

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

2

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

6

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

just you wait and see (as a threat)

1

liar; fibber

1

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

2

innocence; being not guilty

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

friend

2

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

1

younger sister

2

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

1

anxiety; worry; fear

1

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

2

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

younger sister

2

sapphire

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

client; requester

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

poker

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

4

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

2

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

1