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to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

3

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

5

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

3

eavesdropping; tapping

2

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain

1

to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

1

one's way (ahead); one's path

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

to be impolite; to be discourteous

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

1

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

2

to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings

1

second (in a series)

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

4

a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant

2

only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

3

lack of knowledge; lack of understanding

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

3

sincerity; good faith

6

to have in one's dreams

1

to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation

2

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

1

compensation; amends; redeeming feature

1

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

1

matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need

3

first contact

1

rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)

1

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

re-; again

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

distrust; suspicion

1

to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

2

observation; survey; watching

1

illumination; lighting

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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