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instant death

2

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

3

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

1

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

10

if; in case; supposing

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)

2

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

1

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

2

elbow

1

friendly; amicable

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

9

presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)

1

things; everything

1

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2

rule of thumb

2

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

field mouse; meadow mouse

1

heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour

1

alternately; by turns

1

personal opinion

1

of all things

2

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

3

luminous point

3

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

4

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

3

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

laser pointer; laser pen

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

2

accurate; correct; precise; exact

1

quietly; soundlessly

2

skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

1

just one person; only one

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

3

appearance; emergence

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

2

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

2

to compose; to put together

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

2

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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