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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

4

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

5

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

2

vertical stripes; striped fabric

2

unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); open-necked shirt

1

lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

1

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

5

hair (on the head)

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

11

country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire

3

(Western-style) umbrella; parasol

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

both hands; both arms; ten

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

5

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

3

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

3

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

panama hat

2

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

2

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

11

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

2

ten years; decade

6

soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush

1

to think of; to come up with

1

intellectual

2

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

4

one's remaining years

1

time; years

1

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball

2

ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man

2

from the beginning

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

2

looks; features

3

forte; merit

2

reason; cause; circumstances

4

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

8

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

like; as if; the same as

3

raining; downpour

6

to repeat; to do something over again

11

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

1

sidelong glance; flirtatious glance

2

in those days

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

7

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

2