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to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

to beat out a rhythm

2

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

4

to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

3

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

vomiting blood; hematemesis

2

available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

4

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

3

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

anachronism

2

inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)

1

strategy meeting; council of war

1

bigamy

1

suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

4

rare; seldom

3

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

2

family lineage

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

3

consanguineous marriage

1

gene

2

objective

1

favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

1

to pretend; to act (as if)

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

12

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

trespasser

1

cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

1

to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

2

stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

3

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

4

blood vessel; blood relationship

2

lineage; pedigree; family line

3

first degree of kinship

1

within; inside of; less than

2

boy; son; man

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

6

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

relative; relation

1

special case; exception

2