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adult; grown-up

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

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

3

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

5

unless one ...; if one does not ...

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

13

definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional

2

to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)

1

to change; to replace

1

professional

1

rule

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

1

to feel; to sense; to experience

2

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

4

dialect; provincialism

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

3

meaning; called; said

2

once more; again

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

2

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

2

button (clothing); push-button

5

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

6

safety; security

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

3

like that; so

3

surely; certainly

11

notes; instructions

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

3

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

1

down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

1

smooth

2

long time; many years

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

2

who

5

comedian

1

as (somebody) says

2

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

3

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

10

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

7

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

5

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

thickness; profundity; depth

1