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ten times

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to use and then throw away

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

gist; main point

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

to hold in one's mouth

1

remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect

1

point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

2

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

to discuss; to talk together

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

4

sound collection

3

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

3

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

lawsuit; complaint

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

urgency; emergency

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

affidavit; deposition; testimony

1

any number of times

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

1

guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

3

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

5

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

2

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

2

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

1

to hold one's breath

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

3

months (period of)

1

one's private life

1

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

now; nowadays

2

to apologize; to apologise

1

piece of evidence; evidence

1

to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

1

bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting

1

seeing; looking at

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

2

printer

1

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

2