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to read too much

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

3

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

4

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

4

nice; likeable; desirable

7

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

1

menial; meanness; servility; abject

3

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

4

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

2

slave; servant; slavery

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

2

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

8

compulsory education

1

political measures; policy

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

6

best; vest

4

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

4

check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque

3

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

8

joke

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

to open one's eyes wide

2

true character; true heart; true spirit

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

11

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

3

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

2

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

8

ready consent

2

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

4

a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

1

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

1

headquarters; head office; main office

5

to bring someone along

6

this evening; tonight

5

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

44

one room

2

key card; card key

3

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

4

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

4

room key (e.g. at a hotel)

4

solid; strong; firm

1

security

5