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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster

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to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

2

village

1

to; towards; for

3

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

1

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

1

shriek; scream

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

2

cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

5

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

1

bride

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proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

1

scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)

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persuasion

2

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

1

years later

3

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

2

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

your husband; her husband

1

agriculture; farming

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

case; occasion; situation; circumstances

2

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

2

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

5

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

1

Soviet Union; USSR

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

after; later

1

to increase; to multiply

1

however; but

6

origin; beginning; start

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

1

custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2