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circuit; line

2

secret; private; surreptitious

1

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

1

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

disregarding; ignoring

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow

1

destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

1

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

last resort

1

murderer

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

5

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

3

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

1

having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

2

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

should do; ought to do

2

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

2

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

2

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

4

hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!

2

disclosure; exposure; revelation

1

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

1

humming; crooning

2

in a good mood; cheerful

1

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

1

piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)

3

older brother and younger sister

5

to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

3

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

7

important person

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

3

price of wheat

1

object; body; solid

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

democracy

4

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

2

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

2

population; common talk

3

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

3

population explosion

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

1