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in the background; not standing out

1

collective; group

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

3

courting; wooing; making advances

2

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

1

hoodlum; ruffian

1

symbolic

1

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

2

without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

1

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

to mellow; to become softened by maturity

1

transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration

1

kennel; doghouse

2

having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively

1

pile; accumulation

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

4

ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

1

sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky

1

to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

4

small box; casket

1

phobia; morbid fear

1

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

performing musician

1

you are quite right; quite so; what you say is sensible enough

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

1

sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines

1

enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado

1

merry-go-round; carousel

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

1

light blue; ice blue; sky blue; powder blue

4

blue sky; azure sky; spring sky

32

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

1

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

1

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

2

greed; worldly or materialistic desires

1

under cover of night

2

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

2

frank; candid; frankfurter; frank

1

old friend; old pal

1

to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking

1

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

1

thick fog; dense fog

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

1