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because

2

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

2

harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good

1

writer; author; contributor

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

2

plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully

1

racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

1

calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

2

selection

1

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task

1

books

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

2

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

instruction; teaching; guidance; informing

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

1

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

1

marriage

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

I pray; I wish

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

safe driving

1

not caring; not giving a damn

6

condition; state (of health); appearance

1

still; as yet; as it has been

1

(in) one's own way

4

end; conclusion

2

to tear up and throw away

2

to accept; to receive; to agree

1

receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

1

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

1

(on the) verge of death

1

mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)

1

piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1