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just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

2

in one's own way or style

5

excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

11

attendant; valet; servant; follower

43

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

1

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

9

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

3

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

3

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

1

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

8

it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

9

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

bell; bel (unit); B

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

second

1

tragic

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

1

dramatic

2

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

spectator; audience

3

endgame; final stage

2

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

to lower the curtain; to come to an end

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

curtain call

1

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

3

being startled; getting a shock

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

3

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

4

regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

5

various foreign countries; several foreign countries

1

foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

8

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

6

prayer; supplication

1

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

1

warmth

3

process; course; mechanism

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

1

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

3

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1