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to twist; to distort

1

devious; cunning; sly; crafty

1

to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat

1

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

to build up a hypothesis

1

gray zone; grey zone; gray area

4

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

4

normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation

1

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

these

1

stagnation; hindrance; delay

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

1

usually

1

to get help; to enlist aid

1

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

circumstantial evidence

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

originally; by nature; from the start

2

to have an eye on; to zero in on

2

affidavit; deposition; testimony

1

still; even now

1

origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

2

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

40

specifications; specs

1

competent; suitable; qualified

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

3

line drawing

1

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

3

rule; regulation

2

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

thoughts; thinking

2

retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out

2

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

4

slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

to throw away

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

1

deadlock; stalemate

2

point at issue

1

cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk

3

government office; agency; board

3