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to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

2

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

2

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

9

unpaid; nonsalaried

1

property; fortune; assets

3

obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

1

director; trustee

5

deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

1

unlikely; improbable

1

compromise proposal

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

effectiveness

1

crisis management

1

personal affair; one's own affair

1

complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict

3

inexperienced

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

2

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

1

now or never; time's up

1

should do; ought to do

1

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort

1

re-education; retraining; in-service training

1

to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

1

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

1

to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

2

worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

1

to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings

1

lottery; drawn lot

1

fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice

1

second (in a series)

1

excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

1

shriek; scream

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2

dividing into parts

3

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

visual confirmation; sighting

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

3

scan

3

rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

3

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

3

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

2

the opposite sex; isomerism

2

likability; favorability; popularity

2