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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

2

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

5

jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket

1

velvet

1

empty; vacant; hollow

3

diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

5

momentary; instantaneous

3

(Western) playing cards

8

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

4

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

5

fan shape; sector

1

trick

2

to solve a mystery

4

folding fan

3

grim face; angry look

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

3

surrender

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

entertainment

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

4

fate; destiny; predestination

1

entertainer

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

4

directly opposite; right in front

3

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

8

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

3

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

12

to feel a chill run down one's spine

1

doesn't even exist

1

by force

2

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

2

to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree

2

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

3

bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting

5

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

1

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

4

wariness

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

participant; entrant

8

backroom deal

2

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

4

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

3

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

7

panic

30

seajack; seajacking; ship hijacking

2

pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house

7

counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)

1

crash into; clash

1

jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)

1