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what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

3

worst; worst-case (scenario)

2

serious condition; critical condition

1

should not; must not

2

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

9

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

6

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

3

zoo; zoological gardens

2

carnivore; carnivorous animal

3

rebellious; defiant

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

2

loading; charging; filling

6

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

1

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

surgeon

2

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

sincere; earnest; serious

1

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

3

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

3

silver (color, colour)

5

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

pure silver

4

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

4

picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure

2

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

1

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

1

performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

7

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

idiosyncrasy

20

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

2

probation

1

even now; still; as yet

5

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

3

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

4

to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)

2

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can

1

without

2

diving

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

5

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

4

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

2

how old?; what age?

1

older; senior

1

boiling point

1

code; password; cipher

2

note; memorandum

12

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

1