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all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country

2

suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

2

to stop walking; to pause

7

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

2

chief; head

6

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

13

gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look

2

building

8

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

cheap, easily put together cupboard, bookcase, shelves, chest, etc. made of colored plywood

2

photo frame (with stand)

4

harmonious; intimate

2

to complete decisively; to do to completion

6

to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

2

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

2

plastic bag

2

unattended (video, audio) recording

10

rent

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

2

washbasin; washstand

2

dice; die

2

public bath; bathhouse

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

2

briskly; quickly; promptly

5

of great promise; with a promising future

2

timewasting; killing time

4

to go on the defensive; to play it safe

6

firm; unshakeable; resolute

4

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

6

grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

7

correspondence course

4

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

cover; lid; cap

2

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

2

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

4

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

2

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

5

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

2

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

2

evasion; avoidance

6

urgency; emergency

6

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

13

feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling

2

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

4

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

sentimental

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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