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news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement

4

New Year's Eve; December 31

5

unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access

1

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

4

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse

2

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

2

shark

23

elevator

1

boarding gate (airport); aircraft door

1

showy; flashy; flamboyant

1

ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

1

set list; setlist

1

(appropriate to) time, place, occasion

3

although

2

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

2

day after day; every day

6

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

25

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

3

battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

3

hades; realm of the dead

5

beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

3

nickname

2

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

2

to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team

1

to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

1

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

2

blackout curtain

2

(of fire) to spread; to extend itself

1

mongrel; cur; mutt

1

grim face

2

frown; scowl; grimace

2

tournament; knockout competition

1

arena

2

gladiator

1

prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

3

Yama; judge of the afterlife

1

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

miscreant; scoundrel; villain

1

personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)

1

main street

3

to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat

2

tenderhearted; faint of heart

1

reef

1

bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

1