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muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

4

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

2

embarrassing

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

3

(the thing) itself

1

generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

2

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

1

example; illustration; precedent

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

7

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

throat; singing voice

8

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

to escape

6

to date; as of now

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

5

confrontation; showdown

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

to have the nerve to

7

dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum

5

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

3

crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

1

delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness

1

sensitivity; susceptibility

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

only; merely; but; no more than

1

to speak; to hear a voice

2

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

foreign country

1

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

5

false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation

5

annoying; noisy; strict

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

2

in comparison to; rather than

3

if; in case; supposing

34

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

2

for example; for instance; e.g.

10

crossing a river

1

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

3

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

6

to pretend

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

4

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

2

scorn; disdain; contempt

2

back off!; leave me alone!

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

2