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plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

3

brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent

1

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

2

release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off

2

outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

1

shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

1

such; like that; in that way

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

duty; obligation

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

spineless; cowardly; lacking balls; spoiled; spoilt; ruined

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

5

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

2

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

4

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

very bottom; rock bottom

1

rubbish heap; garbage dump

1

minimum; at the very least

2

to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)

3

show me

1

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

1

to survive; to live long

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

1

to waive one's right; to waive a right

2

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

sense of accomplishment

1

to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

2

reason; grounds; circumstances

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1