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recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

5

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

1

document; official papers

4

quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

to scan; to look over

1

jail sentence; imprisonment

1

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

1

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

3

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

2

a push; another effort

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

to tell a lie; to fib

1

polo

1

appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

1

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

2

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

9

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

chivalrous spirit; chivalry

1

to incur someone's enmity

1

international problem

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

1

nature; disposition

1

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

6

point of compromise; common ground

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

6

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

7

that's so, however ...

1

one's whole heart; everything one feels

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

2

collective responsibility; joint liability

2

to help each other; to cooperate

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

4

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

3

to take care; to mind; to be attentive

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

to send in

1

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

1

(not so) much; (not) very

5

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

6

study; diligence; discount; reduction

3

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2