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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

2

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

5

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

23

interests; stake

2

simply; merely; only; solely

6

unrealistic

1

timing

9

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

3

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

4

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

9

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

1

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

9

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

4

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

2

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

2

success; hit

20

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

4

they; them

16

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

2

doing whatever one pleases

1

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

1

reasonable; natural

2

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

perfect; complete

10

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

excuse; pretext

2

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

30

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

5

very recently; in the very recent past

1

temporary

1

blood relative

1

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

1

so to speak

1

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

2

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

12

client; sender

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

region; limits; stage; level

4

skill

7

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

protective wall; bulwark

4

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

5