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sooner or later

3

both elbows

4

tactics

9

control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker

3

rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

9

three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions

3

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

4

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

1

having no idea; having no clue

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

3

private room

7

traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase

9

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

4

programme; program; plans; arrangements

2

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

4

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

5

to settle down

1

substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double

4

negotiation

1

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

2

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

6

moderation; self-restraint; temperance

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

5

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

8

(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

2

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

7

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

2

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

5

setting a bad example to others

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

3

peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly

4

early afternoon

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

11

to happen to pass by

2

painter; artist; illustrator

1

motif

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

4

turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing

6

one of these days; someday; one day

1

wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted

1

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

6

whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

21

earnestly

1

(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure

9

during the war

1

being lost for words

2

discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture

9

starting late; late departure

1