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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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child consultation center; children's welfare center

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older sister and younger brother

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

son; punk; brat; penis

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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originator

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figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2

cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

black rim; black edge

1

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

2

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

4

disguise; masquerade

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car radio

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

4

weather (meteorology) information

2

sunset

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

4

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

with a clink (click, clack)

1

to switch off; to turn off

3

kidnapping; kidnaping

2

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

3

surveillance camera; security camera

1

coarse; rough

1

image; picture; portrait

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

6

have a pain in one's chest

1

to talk; to speak

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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small arms

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illegal possession; unlawful possession

3

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

4

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

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indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

3

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

3

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

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