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disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

2

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

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surprise tactics

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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to make narrow

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to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

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rainy weather

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all around; as far as the eye can see

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in this way; along these lines; similarly

1

to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits

1

otherwise; if not; or else

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

oops; uh oh; drats

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once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

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this point; now; this late in the game

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

2

phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)

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strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)

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tackling (to the ground); tackle (in rugby, hockey, etc.); tackle (position in American football); fishing tackle

1

siren

1

sound wave; acoustic wave

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Gillis; Gilliss

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Luna (goddess)

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)

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to shed blood

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inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

3

to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

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Darkness

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work of art; artwork

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desperately; for one's dear life

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synergy

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technique

2

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration

2

intuition; instinct; hunch

1

to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

1

that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

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