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to make a phone call; to answer the phone

3

to cause someone to worry

4

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

3

interruption; suspension; break

5

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

2

tendency to worry a lot

2

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

11

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

5

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

17

don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

2

to become better; to improve

20

scramble (for)

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

3

to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

4

part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

25

to shake one's head

18

improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore

5

to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.

1

to cast down one's eyes

3

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

12

to be the case that

10

environment; circumstance

4

mediocrity; ordinary ability

8

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

8

intuitive

2

from the beginning

13

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

20

should do; ought to do

3

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

1

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

23

to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

2

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

3

charm; amulet

5

stronghold; citadel; headquarters

1

orderly; janitor

4

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

3

refrigerator; fridge

9

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

7

to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

2

to complain; to make a complaint

3

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

5

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

3

reproachful; hateful; bitter

4

staff room

12

contact address

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

21

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

3