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a few minutes later; after a few minutes

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

pointing at

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

5

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

2

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

1

to gag someone

1

to drag out

1

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

3

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

2

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

2

to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

2

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

1

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

2

penetrating cold

1

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

3

proof-of-concept; demonstration experiment; verification test

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

2

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

1

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

2

lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person

1

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

1

single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell

1

one's subordinate

2

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

one's person

2

hard-line policy; tough measure

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

4

to be based in (a place)

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

1

(not) a soul; (not) a single person

2

assault; violent attack

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

9

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

house search (e.g. by the police)

2

seizure; confiscation

2

principal offender

1

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

1

search for corroborative evidence

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

arrest warrant

4

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

to offer (put up) resistance

1

what's what; heads or tails

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noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together

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