5
shred(noun, big)
5
shrink(verb, stop, pause, balance, shy)
5
skepticism(noun, trouble, concern, delay, difficulty)
5
smell a rat(expression, idiom, dispute, challenge, doubt)
5
smidgen(noun, drop, part, end, dash)
5
stick(verb, have, shy, disagree, hesitate)
5
stick at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, unwillingness, unbelief doubt)
5
stumble(verb, have, pause, shy, hesitate)
5
think twice(verb, expression, idiom, pause, hesitate)
5
think twice about(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, have)
4
anxiety(noun, upset, trouble, worry, concern)
4
balk(verb, stick, pause, shy, hesitate)
4
be uncertain(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt, question)
4
crumb(noun, drop, part, end, dash)
4
dash(noun, big, smallness)
4
discredit(noun, verb, dispute, difficulty, anxiety)
4
dribble
4
dubiety(noun, trouble, concern, delay, difficulty)
4
exception(noun, dislike, doubt, opposition, protest)
4
fear(noun, verb, upset, dispute, difficulty)
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