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just a minute; small quantity

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difficult to approach; inaccessible

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

2

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

upper side (go, chess, othello board)

2

social disposition

5

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

4

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

1

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

1

disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

4

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

2

to sniffle; to snivel

2

one year and a half

1

missionary

12

curious; strange; unusual

1

everyday; always; at all times; frequently

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

5

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

3

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

clear; pure; noble

2

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

1

makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

2

certainly; surely; definitely

1

rest; repose

2

shall; should; must

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

church; congregation

22

construction; establishment

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on

1

to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

to laugh to scorn

1

stranger; outsider

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

rare

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

offender; criminal; culprit

2

objective; aim; mark

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered

1

ostracism

1

tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed

1

brat

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

3

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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