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policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)

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mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

2

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

2

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

2

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

2

to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save

4

first of all; first thing

1

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

4

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

1

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

2

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

12

talk; dialogue; conversation

2

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

2

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

3

to cross one's legs

1

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

1

calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare

1

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

1

in name only; titular; nominal

2

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

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to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

2

discipline; training; teaching manners

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(crime of) treason

1

your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)

3

to be suspicious (of)

2

to slip off

1

to rip out (and take); to tear out

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

2

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart

1

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

1

180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

1

god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper

3

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

2

unrecognized; unrecognizable

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wildcard; storm card; gaji; extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card

1

point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

5

first contact

1

to mail a letter

2

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

3

very bottom; rock bottom

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to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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