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scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

3

trust; confidence; credence

4

to shake one's head

2

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

2

if necessary

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

1

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

1

to check; to compare

2

validity; verification; propriety

4

day before yesterday

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

4

had better ...; had better not ...

1

altogether; entirely

2

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

to make sense

2

hard to read

1

harmless

3

walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

1

to go through formalities

1

to love

3

tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

2

to reason; to sum up; to conclude

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

15

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

1

endgame; final stage

2

unexpected result; upset; surprise

1

to pretend; to feign

7

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

4

to decide; to determine

3

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

4

fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)

1

apparent; obvious; very clear

3

at present; now

1

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

2

sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

6

probability; likelihood

2

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

3

to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up

2

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

3

to carry out a role

1

personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion

4

at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

trivial; slight

1

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

2