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to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

1

claimant; caretaker

3

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

102

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

12

jab (esp. in boxing)

4

to pretend; to feign

2

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

7

to be possible to occur

2

(enter into, be in) a state of war

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

3

to decide; to determine; to judge

3

to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with

8

bull's-eye; the mark

2

fair; fare; fear

5

dirt cheap; very cheap

6

to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

2

literature; books (reference); document

9

trial; experimental use

3

to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)

1

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

8

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

2

to send back; to refer back

3

few decades; many decades; several decades

7

bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate

3

influential person; man of importance

3

communication skills; communication ability

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

13

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

tactician; strategist

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

myriad; countless things

1

all at once (usu. of payment); at one go

1

most satisfactory

2

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

1

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

5

physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

2

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

2

one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

1

to follow in order; to go through step-by-step

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

3

strategy; tactics

2

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

5

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

7

too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

2

cheap saloon

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

18

to prevent; to take precautions

4

major dealer; wealthy merchant

4