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trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

reading with pleasure

1

revision (of text); alteration; change

1

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

3

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

3

poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)

3

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

1

to prohibit

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stealthily; secretly; in secret

2

middle of the night; dead of night

2

sofa; couch

10

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

double life

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

for appearances' sake; for appearance sake

1

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

to make a sound

1

pleasant; charming

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke

2

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

1

golden (colour, color)

1

library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

benefactor; patron

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

1

relation; connection; relevance

1

curio; rare article

1

preferential

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deposit; earnest money

1

several years

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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to sniff out; to get wind of

1

scarce; rare

1