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programme; program; plans; arrangements

5

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

second floor; upstairs

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to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish

2

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

2

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

2

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

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prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement

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state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

2

continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption

2

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

2

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

notebook; account book; register

3

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

breakdown of negotiations

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right now; just now

2

of all people

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

7

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

moral way of life; correct path; moral principles

1

all you want; as much as one wants

3

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

1

raining; downpour

2

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold

1

duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

calculating

2

same crime; being equally guilty

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

2

charming; fascinating; voluptuous

1

to get dry

1

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

3

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

8

to come to an agreement

1

steady; sound; reliable; solid

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

inconvenient

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or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

2

tomfoolery; monkey business

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

2

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2