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stillness; repose; standing still

4

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

4

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

to talk nonsense

2

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

1

deadly serious; deadly earnest

4

quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful

2

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

5

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

3

to increase (all the more)

1

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

2

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

2

fortunately; luckily

4

one-legged

1

after; later

7

cardboard box; carton; corrugated box

5

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

wooden; made of wood

3

fry pan; frying pan

11

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

10

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

1

Getz; Goetz

1

turn

1

return

2

index finger; forefinger; second toe

3

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

8

exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit

1

to pretend; to feign

2

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

2

wink

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

6

to slide into; to slip into

2

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

vigorous; healthy; sound

2

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

7

battle formation; military formation

2

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

warning; advice

2

pace; step

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

3

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

5

easy; simple; light

3

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

4

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

4

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

4