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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant

1

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

2

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

1

normalcy; normality; normal

1

operation; functioning; running

1

light source

1

primitive; original

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to shed light; to cast light

2

note; memo; memorandum

4

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

deciphering; decoding

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

leather cover; leather binding

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

6

to compare with the eye

2

to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)

1

to have an interest (in)

2

researcher; student (of)

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

flush; blush

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

2

olden days; former

1

sheet; sheeting

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

3

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

ration

7

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

fruit

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

nutritional value; food value

1

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

2

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

camp

5

at least; at most; (even) just

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

age; era; period; date

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at least

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500; five hundred; many

1