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poison gas

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acquaintance

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

1

life and death; life or death

3

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

2

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

to hold the key (to)

1

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

that's so, however ...

1

astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

1

to feel like; to feel inclined to do

2

like this; in this way; as you see

1

in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

3

suddenly; abruptly; impulsively

1

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

1

hot topic; talk of the town

2

small talk; chat; gossip

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

as (for); for; in the capacity of

2

welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust

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to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

2

to fear; to be afraid of

8

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

1

to (do) like this

2

time limit

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

6

calm; composed; cool; quiet

2

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

2

guesswork; speculation; hunch

1

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

3

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

2

counter for choices, options, etc.

2

whichever one chooses; either way

1

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

3