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front line; forefront

3

without

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

3

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

1

to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away

1

police drama (television); detective drama

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climax

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compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

2

stealthy steps; soft steps

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

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bye; see you later

1

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

2

slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

3

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

2

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

flaring up; bursting into flames

1

unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

1

trio; gang of three; threesome

1

police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

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legal basis

2

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

support

1

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

first thing in the afternoon

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

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mathematics

2

ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

1

bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid

1

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

in public; in company; in the presence of others

1

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

3

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

2

eyelid

1

once again; yet again

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making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)

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