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looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

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you; (arch.) your residence

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memory; sense; experience

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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fault-finding; carping

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

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admiration; being impressed (by)

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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small talk; chat; gossip

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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trifles; minor details

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bill of indictment

5

guess; conjecture; surmise

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penetrating eyes; insightfulness

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to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

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careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

2

writing (e.g. as a profession)

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

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to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

4

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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to be able to conceal

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

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sharp; keen; acute

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gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

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words of praise; eulogy; compliment

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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even though; despite; when

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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innocent-looking; looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly; looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth

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glance; glimpse; cursory view

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to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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hint

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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is it not so?

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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