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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

4

answering machine; answer phone

1

old haunts; former homes

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

3

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

2

surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

2

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

to be (doing)

9

fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating

2

to look into; to peer in

4

beauty

1

to hand over; to surrender

1

bill; job invoice

2

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

2

to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

leopard (Panthera pardus)

1

supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

1

having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret

1

to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

3

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

3

re-election

2

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

4

annoying; provoking

2

bed

3

upper half of the body; upper body

2

member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

to lead someone around by the nose

2

fragment; one of the group or party

1

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

regular customer; valued client

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

4

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

2

articles; supplies; parts

1

Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1