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to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

2

to grimace; to frown

2

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

2

to chase; to run after; to pursue

6

transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

2

Scylla

2

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

4

evidence; proof

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

3

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

2

reporter; journalist

1

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

2

sports drink

1

to drink up; to drain (cup)

2

quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

3

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

3

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

1

1,000; thousand

2

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

4

to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)

1

forcibly; against one's will

3

surname; family name; last name

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

7

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

4

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)

2

distant look; faraway look

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

4

I; me

14

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

3

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

3

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

2

accurate; correct; precise; exact

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

7

even if I told you

1

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

1