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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

it seems so; that's what it looks like

1

display; (computer) display; monitor

1

to look into; to peep into; to peer into

1

expression; look; countenance; face

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

3

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

1

dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily

1

sound of voice; vocal sound

1

planning; plan; project; arrangements

4

occurrence; happening; incident; event

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)

2

impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

1

dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

1

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

1

klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

1

indicates question

3

at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

1

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

word; word

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

thoughts; thinking

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

taboo

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem

1

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

3

at least; at most; (even) just

1

attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

2

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

8

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

1

work; job; labor; work

1