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about this time; about now

6

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

4

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

1

objection

5

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

3

corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner

1

downtown

1

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

seal

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

if you do this; if this is the case

2

behind one's back

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

mission; delegation

1

to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

3

to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders

1

open-mouthed

2

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

4

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

regarding highly; attaching importance to

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

2

with a start; with a jump

1

shoulder

5

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

1

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

2

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

2

only; merely; but; no more than

5

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

2

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

3

prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished

1

class; heading; group; category

1

same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

2

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years

4

(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

3

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

1

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

4

to burn; to get fired up

2

pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)

1

fuel

1

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

1

impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

1

depending on the situation; depending on circumstances

2