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insurance; guarantee

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

1

persuasion

2

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

political life

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

owner

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2

person making threats; intimidator

1

corruption

1

two thirds

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

1

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

5

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

2

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

2

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

vicious circle; vicious cycle

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

4

downright lie

1

underground; unconventional; radical; shady

1

journalism

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

3

to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

1

sexual passion; lust

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

validity; verification; propriety

2

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

easy; simple; plain

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

first of all; in the first place

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

1

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

physique; physical standard; posture; sexual position

1