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drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

12

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

4

closing time (library, museum, etc.)

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

1

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

1

to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

1

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

2

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

1

to soothe and humor; to coax

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

3

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

school rules; school regulations

4

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

2

righteous indignation

3

to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

2

vigilante; member of a vigilante group

9

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

2

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

1

to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

3

to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)

2

oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

1

to make one feel grateful

1

brains; brain tissue

3

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

2

irrational (line of) argument

2

to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

1

in a bad mood

2

apparent temperature; "feels like" temperature

2

tropical fish

1

instant death

1

versus; vs.; v.

2

fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient

3

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

3

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

4

to get irritated

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

2