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strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

old friend; old acquaintance

1

to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

5

cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness

2

protest; refutation; pleading

1

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

3

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

2

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

6

(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

1

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

1

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

1

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

a quarrel; argument

1

lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)

1

to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

1

smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

2

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

3

contrarian trading; contrarian investing

1

unidentified flying object; UFO

4

perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person

1

to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

1

decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key

1

to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness

1

adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice

1

pangs of conscience

2

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

(compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement

1

to regret

1

coffin; casket

3

sinful

3

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

2

to get thin; to taper off

1

counter-inflation measures

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

2

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

2

shoes

1

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

2

villain; baddie; the villain's part

2

end; conclusion

5

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

3

having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone

1

tone

1

expressing one's mind; speaking out

1