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walking briskly; determinedly

3

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

3

art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery

2

friend; acquaintance

1

tomorrow; near future

15

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

1

celebratory banquet; feast

2

wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet

5

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

9

to carry or bring in(to)

1

oeuvre; complete works

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

1

arms; weapon; ordnance

2

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

mere; simple; sheer

4

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

4

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to hide; to keep to oneself

2

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

2

son and heir; son who will succeed one

1

to tear off; to strip; to rob

2

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

3

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

3

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

2

shivering; trembling

4

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

again (and again); once again; yet again

1

balance

2

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

production (e.g. play); direction

5

unveiling; debut; introduction

3

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

2

to like; to prefer

2

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

2

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

easy to understand

1

to survive

2

one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon

2

that; the matter in question

3

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

4

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

trousers; pants

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

2

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

gust (of wind); blast

2

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

5

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

2

long; drawn-out; very long

2