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too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

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piercing (cold); biting (wind)

1

acrobat; acrobatics

1

one's plan

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as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

entirely; completely; all; nothing but

1

proposed solution; idea for a solution

1

conclusion; completion

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

how old; what age

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

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

1

girl

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

identity

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

2

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

1

sudden change; upheaval

1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

2

to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

1

trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

main thread (of a story)

2

shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape

2

slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part

1

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

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disgrace; humiliation

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the good old days; halcyon days

1

superstition; superstitious belief

2

Arthur

1

clerk; office worker; kulak

1

development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

tone

1

low voice; whisper

1

completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

1

manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

1

to lend a hand; to help

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

1

running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes

1

escape; evasion; flight

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

1