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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

3

great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor

1

continuation; sequel

2

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

4

to look towards

2

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

3

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent

2

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

2

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

4

Ellery Queen

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Philip Marlowe

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

2

liar; fibber

2

professional

2

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

4

hesitation; indecision

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criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

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to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

3

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

event

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

5

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

4

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

3

love scene; bedroom scene; sex scene

2

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

to look into; to peer in

10

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

9

historical novel

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

irreplaceable

1

to guess right

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

5

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

2

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

3

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

5

to pick on; to tease

1

absence; disregard; indifference

1

event; function

8

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

2

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

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answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

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secret

3

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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