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unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool

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show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

1

point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

1

prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

1

humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

2

to get on; to climb on

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

4

alibi

2

time of the crime

1

witness

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

leading question

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

2

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

8

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

notice; notification

1

bullying; teasing

2

intentional; on purpose

4

there's no smoke without fire

1

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

1

template

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

creativity

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

ham actor

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script; libretto; scenario

1

reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)

1

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

lawless area; lawless district

1

barren land; sterile soil; wasteland

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in all

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dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

1

control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

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control

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most difficult; next to impossible

1

self-justification; excuse

1

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

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announcement; notice

2

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

3

harassment; pestering

5

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

2

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

4

to be manageable; to be able to handle

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