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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

4

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

4

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

3

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

6

sooner or later

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

although

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

typewriter

9

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

1

vexing; irritating; impatient

3

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

2

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

lamp; light

6

to fade; to become dim

3

street corner

3

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

1

accordion; melodeon; concertina

5

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

dazzling; radiant

2

Shaftesbury

1

to increase; to multiply

1

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

2

Oxford Street

1

Daimler

2

speed

2

lonely

2

pedestrian traffic

4

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

1

far away in the distance; in the far distance

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

5

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

2

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

1

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

2

upper

1

Bedford (Britain)

1

elliptical shape

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

2

red brick

1

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1