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mother; wife

2

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1

three people

1

unreasonable demand

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)

1

grilled fish

2

to use (something) as a selling point

1

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

1

to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful

3

open sea; Okinawa

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

completely satisfied; as pleased as can be

1

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

3

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

4

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

2

great difference; major mistake

2

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

2

all; everyone; everybody

10

red hair; ginger hair

1

along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

1

land

3

coastline; shoreline; coastal railway

1

harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

1

meeting place

1

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

2

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

7

suspicious character (person, figure)

1

sea level; (surface of) sea

4

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

3

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

2

bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

1

assembly-line system

1

work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls

1

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening

1

splash (of water); spray

1

quickly; swishing; whooshing

1

to strike out; to start swimming

1

upper body

1