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initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

satisfactory; decent

4

to sniff out; to get wind of

3

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

1

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

4

to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

2

beast; brute; animal

2

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

3

database

5

psychiatry; psychiatric department

2

going to the hospital for regular treatment

2

history of; experience of

2

choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

5

riskiness; (level of) danger

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

2

secret; private; surreptitious

3

official announcement; proclamation

1

each ministry

1

human rights organization; human rights organisation

1

to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear

1

to fear; to be afraid of

6

likelihood of committing a crime; pre-delinquent

1

group (usu. of people)

1

technique; method

3

frontal attack

1

scarce; rare

1

criminal profile

2

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

2

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

2

continuation

3

shortcut

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

4

complete knowledge

1

otherwise; or else; if not

3

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

3

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

3

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

9

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular

1

progress; being under way

3

to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

4

rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)

1