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if necessary

3

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

2

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

2

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on

2

failure; mistake; blunder

6

a bolt out of the blue

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

7

mistake; error; blunder

3

theft; robbery

1

crime; offence; offense

2

to pray; to wish

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

12

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey

3

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

24

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

1

to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin

2

lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

1

question; query

6

to fall on one's backside

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

3

tooth

4

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

3

hotel expenses; expenses incurred during a stay

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

4

exploitation; overuse; abuse

2

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

1

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

2

dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

3

never again

6

Lady Luck

1

most of all; extremely; supremely

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

to find fault with; to question

1

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

1

outside the country; abroad

5

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

2

freedom; liberty

4