3
herald(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
3
hint(verb, order, tell, prepare, prompt)
3
horrify(verb, frighten)
3
hurt(verb, challenge, weaken, frustrate, blunt)
3
impair(verb, hurt, ruin, challenge, weaken)
3
impale(verb, put at risk)
3
lean
3
near(meet, approach, appear, come, mount)
3
overawe(verb, fear, bully, castigate, intimidate)
3
pretend(verb, put at risk)
3
promise(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
3
punt(verb, put at risk)
3
reckon(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
3
reprove(verb, order, attack, criticize, tell)
3
run a risk(verb, put at risk)
3
scold(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn)
3
take a chance(verb, put at risk)
3
take chances(verb, put at risk)
3
tip(verb, order, tell, prepare, prompt)
3
tyrannize(verb, rule, harass, bend, torment)
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