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had better do so

1

rare

3

to run around; to bustle about

2

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

trifles; minor details

1

population; common talk

4

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

(public) park

2

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

3

clean (pure) culture

1

dramatic

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

3

exception; exclusion

1

(having) two choices; choice between two things

1

seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

1

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person

1

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

2

to count on one's fingers

1

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

8

waffle

2

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

to walk down the road

5

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

2

to badger; to pester; to beg

2

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)

1

buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking

2

one by one; one each; one at a time

3

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

3

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

4

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

close; intimate; on good terms

1

fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

1

skill

1

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits

1

to return

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

4

to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

3

crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.); crew member

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

2

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

2

important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)

5

private citizen; civilian

4

unexamined; untested; unscreened

1

taking (someone) along

1

family register; census

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription

5