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publicity (information) activities; public relations

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

5

to pass (of time); to elapse

8

fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)

1

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

4

which; what (way)

7

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

11

adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

2

whole surface; entire

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

1

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

6

politics; government

3

tool; implement; means; furniture

2

possible; likely; probable

3

consists of; comprises; is made up of

2

treating someone like a child

1

to look down on; to make light of

1

lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake

1

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

4

to blush; to redden

2

bull's-eye; the mark

1

origin; beginning

3

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

2

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

19

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

recovery

1

start; beginning

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

7

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

1

desperate; hopeless

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

commitment; pledge; promise

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

to rely on

2

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

3

personal connections

1

full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

1

rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

6

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

2

condition; situation; prospects

2

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

4

to go out and away; to leave

2