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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

thinking back now

2

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

3

to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

1

stop it!; enough!; cut it out

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

2

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

morning; a.m.

1

to head towards; to direct one's steps to

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

meat dish

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

is that so?

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

3

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

1

grinning; smirking

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

2

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

1

day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

1

sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

apology

2

to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

1

please

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

1

situation of one's own doing

1

impatience

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lightly seasoned

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

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to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

2

last week; the week before

1

in one's imagination

3

measurement error; calculation error

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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