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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

3

no trouble; easy; simple

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

4

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

Serpico

2

left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

1

really; truly; indeed; good grief

2

hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased

1

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

3

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

2

guard; convoy; escort

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

2

nothing but; except; no more than

1

who; what kind of person

1

adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)

6

peerage; court rank

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

2

maid; handmaid

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)

2

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

daddy; father; husband

1

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

1

guardian

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

1

companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1

duel; shoot-out

2

but; however; provided that

1

one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position

1

I; we; our part

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

5

draw (in competition); tie game

1