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as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

1

in order; sequential; seriatim

3

economic conditions

1

wealthy person; millionaire

1

prisoner exchange

5

death in battle; death on the battlefield

9

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

2

distinguished service; meritorious service

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

2

top recommendation; (something) highly recommended

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

4

audience; interview

6

destruction of evidence

1

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

4

Nicolaus; Nikolaus

33

person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

2

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

9

noisy; confused; uproarious

1

bad behavior; misbehavior

1

disinheritance; disowning

5

surrounding at a distance

3

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

7

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

1

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

8

hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

2

to seize (secure) evidence

1

seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

3

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

3

stature; height; size; physique

3

great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction

2

impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

1

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

2

head; leader; top; (arch.) important part

1

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

1

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

5

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

authenticity; credibility

2

concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise

1

to keep balance

4

unmarried person; bachelor; spinster

2

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

12

fishing industry; fishery

12

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

1

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

4

war expenditures

7

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

2

public character

6