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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

2

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

4

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

4

offender; criminal; culprit

9

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

on the way home from work

2

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

4

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

return; coming back

3

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)

2

cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink

2

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

2

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification

2

group; party; team; squad; section

2

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

2

oh, yes?; really?

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

blunt weapon

2

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

2

these guys; these fellows

2

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

3

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

4

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

4

piece of evidence; evidence

2

to collect; to assemble; to gather

4

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

2

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

2

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

2

middle of the night; dead of night

2

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

6

urine; small amount of water

2

perfect; complete

2

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

2

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2

thank you; thanks

1

please

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2