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(prison) cell; ward

24

bribe; money under the table

3

occasional; infrequent; rare

1

nightlife; night amusements

1

arrival; arriving at ...; counter for items or suits of clothing; nth place (in a race); counter for moves

1

first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes); wearing

2

toolbox

5

toilet articles; makeup kit

1

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment

3

fancy box; decorated box; vanity case; cosmetics case

1

accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one

2

counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

1

clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (suit)

2

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

2

looking over someone's shoulder

2

carving; engraving; sculpture

2

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

2

rough sketch

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription

2

panel

3

commuter pass; season ticket

1

(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching

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

in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

1

psycho

1

air vent

7

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

5

eye of a needle

1

quickly; briefly

2

to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

2

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

2

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

5

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

3

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

2

had better ...; had better not ...

1

to compose; to put together

2

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

2

headset (for phones, etc.); headset (bicycle)

1

internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)

2

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

sly; cunning; crafty

3

liar; fibber; lying

3

endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)

1

first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person

1

upper right

1

centre; center; center fielder

1

slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

3