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copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

5

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary

1

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

2

sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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circumstantial evidence

3

one year ago

5

premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts

2

forwarding agent; carrier

1

innocence; being not guilty

1

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

3

succession; continuation; series; sequence

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nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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cache; place to hide something

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tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

2

just one person; only one

1

as planned; according to plan

2

all but dead; half killed

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

influence (on someone); inspiration

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

2

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

2

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

reply; answer; response

2

sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

3

to rewind

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school festival; campus festival

3

lushly green; verdant

3

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

5

decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching

4

to be tinged red

2

Silberling

4

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

2

side of the road; roadside

1

to crack (person's voice); to squeak

2

learning; study

4

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

4

(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

absence from work without permission

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

1

excuse; pretext

3

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo); turkey (bowling); three strikes in a row

1

final; eventual; ultimate

3

to pass; to pass by

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gluttony

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

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