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(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

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slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

3

to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods

1

unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably

1

one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

paperweight

3

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

4

to yell; to shout

1

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

1

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

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witness

5

police officer

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

2

assailant; marauder

2

suicide

3

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

to strip; to peel; to tear off

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way

3

insurgent; rioter; mob

3

(in one's) possession

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ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

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to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

1

police cell; place of detention; jail

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

suicide; apoptosis

1

double

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to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

1

difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap

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small profits and quick returns

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

in a good mood; cheerful

1

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

courtesy call; courtesy visit

1

to be sooty; to be stained

2

work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant

1

folly; fool

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

3

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

4

even that

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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ill-natured; inconstancy

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Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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absence; non-attendance

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race (of people); type of person

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veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience

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(only) one option; one possible choice

2

northeast

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