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slender

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chamberlain

2

manners; etiquette

1

thus

2

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

3

rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft

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brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities

1

wine

3

age; era; period; date

2

to water down; to dilute with water

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yes; that is so

3

idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

1

silent; solemn; quiet

1

clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone

1

launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party

2

eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

3

to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

you (plural)

4

causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

2

flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless

1

to be all smiles

1

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

2

to guess right

3

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

5

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

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bluff

3

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap

4

win; victory

5

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

1

garments; attire

3

more than usual; especially; particularly

1

easy; simple

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

colon; eau de Cologne; colonist

1

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

cooking ability

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

1

means of transportation; transport service

1

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

1