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to pretend

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direct appeal

1

paradoxical

1

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

1

self; oneself

2

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

1

emotional; sentimental

3

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

2

to finish; to end; to close

1

insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

2

reply; answer; response

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

2

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1

full

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

3

declaration; proclamation; announcement

4

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

period; term; interval

2

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

1

in very small pieces

1

end goal; final target

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

4

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

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

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

4

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

one eye; one of one's eyes

1

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

2

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

4

this and that; one thing or another

2

adherence (to custom, tradition)

1

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

2

to leave one's seat

1

back (of body)

7

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

4

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

4

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

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verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

4

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

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