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wishful thinking

1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

interception (email); wiretap; bug

3

forecast; prediction

3

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate

1

backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup

2

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

1

at a glance; by accident

1

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner

1

ransom

1

to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

1

unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate

1

commercial value; commodity value; marketability

4

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

1

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

1

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

1

money-making; commercialized; commercialised

2

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

slow; weak-headed

1

estimate (of costs); budget

1

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

2

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

3

guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

1

grinning; smirking

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

3

solar activity

1

becoming active; increase in activity

1

solar flare

1

network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction

4

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

3

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

1

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

1

both arms

1

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

unconfirmed; unidentified

3

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

strange disease; rare disease

1

monster

1

ghost ship; phantom ship

31

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

1

chief; head; leader

1