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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

4

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

to hold the key (to)

2

KGB (former Soviet Union intelligence agency)

2

dying; ruining oneself

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

3

able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability

1

watery grave (metaphor)

2

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

1

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

3

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

oath; vow

3

spring; fountain

4

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

apology

1

Canadian

1

Rocky

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

1

sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)

1

before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

2

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

2

major; lieutenant commander; wing commander

1

to smoke animal out of its den

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

plumbing; piping

1

anti-tank

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

goddamn

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

2

wheat field; barley field; cornfield

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

3

pilot

2

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

2

timing device

1

corpse; remains

1

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

1

even

2

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

conviction; belief; confidence

2

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

3

fire chief's car; command vehicle

2

border zone

1

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

4

of unknown nationality (of a vessel, plane, etc.); unidentified

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

air (force) base

1