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hair's breadth

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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crime

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

3

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

to grasp tightly

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

desperate

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

1

to hold a ceremony

3

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony

5

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

preparatory phase; preparatory period

1

congratulatory address

1

to state; to express; to mention

3

mechanical

1

unnecessary; unneeded

1

composed expression; clear face

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

to try all possible means

1

return to one's country

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

1

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

1

almost; roughly; approximately

2

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

2

surely; certainly

2

surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1

you (plural)

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

to take someone's hand

2

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

2

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

to feel hot; to flush; to burn

3

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

a question of whether or not someone should resign

1

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

1

moustache; mustache

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