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to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

2

possession; ownership

1

at large; fugitive

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

2

to be to the point; to be pertinent

4

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

3

to bite off; to gnaw through

1

feeble; faint

1

to be fulfilled; to be satisfied

3

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

20

way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment

16

to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

4

reference; consultation

2

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

3

maintenance; preservation; improvement

9

place of work

2

salary; wages; pay

2

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

8

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

2

farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

8

labor; labour; work; Labour Party

2

reading and writing

5

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

2

low wages

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

household economy; family finances

3

we; us; I; me

7

to work hard at one's lessons

1

pity; compassion

2

to sit for an examination

4

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

2

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

2

commuting to work

3

youngest

3

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

unluckily

4

relation; connection; affinity

3

half in fun

1

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

3

home cooking

1

contrary to one's expectations

2

to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)

2

to be subject to punishment; to be punished

1

judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

2

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

4

efficient

1

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

8

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

1