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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

5

lecture

2

old man; old geezer

3

cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

always having a comeback; fast-talking

1

complementary color; complementary colour

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

3

seat; sheet; spreadsheet

4

ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

3

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

2

green; greenery; verdure

5

filter

2

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

1

round; circular; spherical

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

4

cellophane tape; (transparent) adhesive tape; Sellotape; Scotch tape

1

scene of the crime (offense, offence)

10

subject; theme; motif

1

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

1

item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up

3

(in) one's absence

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

5

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

2

protection; repellent

1

having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

2

derailment; digression; deviation

1

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

5

to make coffee; to brew coffee

1

misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

2

to give a reason

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

2

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

2

dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily

2

hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

main cause; primary factor

2

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

3

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

2

to rewind

1

fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

1

silence

2

timer; time switch; stopwatch; time keeper; self-timer; (delay) timer

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

4

to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

2

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

4

to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

5

summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

1

one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two

2

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1