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mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

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middle-aged man

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passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)

8

serial killer

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

continuation; succession; series

3

bank robbery; bank robber

3

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

1

to pretend

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fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

upper middle class

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brickwork

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two-storied building

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

success; hit

4

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

bank; banking institution

6

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1

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

8

competitor; rival

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

3

side job; sideline; subsidiary business

1

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

2

video tape

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(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

shotgun

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

2

(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

this sort of

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nightmare; bad dream

3

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

6

love affair; liaison

1

sheep (Ovis aries)

3

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

3

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

2

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

4

in succession; one after another

3

to release (e.g. a film)

1

a period (of time)

2

special effects; SFX

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horror film; horror movie

1

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

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