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killing three birds with one stone

2

one has no other choice but to do what one has to do

3

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

4

there being no use in arguing (about it)

4

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

1

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

2

faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

1

guilt; culpability

1

compensation; reparation

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

2

being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with

1

a short time ago; a while ago; for some time

1

correction; revision; rectification

2

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

4

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

12

performance fee (actor, singer, etc.)

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

5

to hand over; to surrender

7

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

3

cape (on coast)

2

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

2

way of speaking; intimation

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

as it is; frankly

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

2

narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

1

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

4

cocktail

6

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

16

token of appreciation

1

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

1

selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf

1

concern; interest

1

(doing something) for money; being mercenary

2

blessing

4

rust

1

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

2

(religious) faith; belief; creed

3

manners; etiquette

6

interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

1

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

ruffian; rowdy (person)

4