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tomfoolery; monkey business

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

6

fingerprint

1

turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements

1

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

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otherwise; if not; or else

1

slaughter; massacre

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

rather than (do ...)

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

4

desk; copy editor

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anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety

2

seeming sad

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

2

pale; pallid

1

escape; evasion; flight

2

escape; getaway; evasion

2

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

2

to pretend

3

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

4

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

1

anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)

1

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

how; in what way; in what manner

2

patient; persevering

1

to hang on the wall

1

second hand (of clock)

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

5

peat

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

4

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

2

spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

1

piece of meat; cut of meat

1

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

1

killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing

2

to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell

1

cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)

1

due form; official; formality

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