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comedy

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

mind reading

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

to grow old; to age

1

heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

1

riddle; guessing (game); prize; lottery; covering; pad

1

talk about various topics

1

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

in the end; finally; after all; ultimately

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

foolishly; stupidly

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

2

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

3

hostile party; enemy side

1

starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)

1

political strife

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

2

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

1

to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

3

report; notification; registration

3

matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon

2

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

public announcement; official notice; edict

1

looking or acting as if one owned the place

1

conservatives

5

reform; renovation

1

reformist

2

radical faction or group

3

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

compromise; giving in

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

3

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

2

moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical

1

(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

1

having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless

1

to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save

3

one's regular tradesman

1

favour; favor; patronage

2

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

merely for form's sake

2

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1

to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)

2

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2