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Scotland Yard

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you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

3

monster cat; cat with magical powers

1

old; olden

1

goodness; good

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

just a little

2

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

frequent; incessant

1

to be replaced with new growth

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

3

real hair; one's own hair

1

body hair

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

2

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval

1

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

3

byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression

1

narcissist

1

to set aside

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

headache

1

absence; disregard; indifference

4

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

2

action of making something; -ification

5

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

2

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

3

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

wishful thinking

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

5

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

2

no way to do; nothing can be done

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

9

telephone number

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e-mail address

1

direct contact

1

going through; going via; going by way of

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2