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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

2

smoke; fumes

2

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

jazz club

9

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate

2

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

2

hotel

3

lobby; lounge

1

awfully; terribly

1

indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable

1

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full

2

hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

5

sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

3

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

2

nostalgia

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

1

record shop

5

genre; category; kind

1

alphabetical order

1

keeping things tidy and in order

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

cardboard box; carton; corrugated box

4

with a thud

2

to throw into; to toss into

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall

1

corner; nook

1

stealthily; secretly

1

(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

1

virtually nonexistent; negligible; absolutely useless

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

4

common (of objects, abstract things); usual

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

3

double; twice (as much); twofold

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

expert (technical) knowledge; expertise

1

secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books

1

fishing; collecting shells; fisherman

1

study; research; investigation

10

to cultivate; to foster

1

game

4