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plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

2

autonomy; independence

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

7

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

1

going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

2

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

9

overwork; strain

1

swoon; faint

1

turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

2

to sell

2

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

22

hair root

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

4

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

4

brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

3

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

chance; opportunity

2

time limit

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

7

countdown

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

4

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

2

oh; ah

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

2

binary digits

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

confession

2

the scruff or nape of the neck

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

to escape; to run away

2

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

2

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

torture

1

to fit; to suit

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

2

to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

4

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

2

incident; affair; happening; event

1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

1