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I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

1

this morning

1

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

3

puppet; marionette

1

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

3

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

beyond that point; after that

1

to value time

1

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

aim

10

triple; three-way; threefold

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

to look around; to survey

3

to be found

3

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

to make an appearance

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

3

to give a reason

2

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

2

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

1

subversive activities

1

small scale

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

to cancel; to call off

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

2

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

1

to finish; to graduate

3

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

4

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

willowy; graceful

1

outward appearance

1

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

9

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

military physician or surgeon

2