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special skill

1

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

humor; humour

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

listener's role

3

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

4

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

4

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

4

to be almost finished

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

to answer a question

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

3

very interesting; of great interest

2

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

1

talk; chat

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

3

after a meal

2

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

2

duty; role; function

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

feelings of guilt

2

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

apology

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

12

saucer

1

looks; features

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

2

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

whole face; all over one's face

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

3

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

4

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

14

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

3

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

one's twenties

1

second half; latter half

1

then; if so; if

1