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clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

2

midnight; dead of night

3

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

lunatic; madman

1

an impossibility

1

absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

2

gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally

1

steep slope; steep hill

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

1

to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself

2

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

2

to avoid

1

substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent

1

unlucky

1

tombstone; gravestone

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

shivering; trembling

2

loud laughter

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

intrusion; forced entry

2

to scent out; to detect

2

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

1

by itself; automatically; naturally

1

interference; intervention; meddling

1

object; objective; aim

1

continuation

1

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

1

hearing confessions

1

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

2

baby's first steps; celebration of a baby's first steps; opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)

5

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

beach; foreshore

1

getting on board; sailor; seaman

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

1

regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

1

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

1

thought; consideration; thinking

1

this chapter

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

absolutely; only

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1