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amount of light; quantity of light

1

dark colour; dark color

2

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

6

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

in this manner; in this way; like this

4

famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic

1

realism; reality

3

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

7

unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

9

borderline; boundary

2

lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion

1

board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped

2

sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description

1

to go into the minutest details

1

contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)

1

depth; length

6

miniature; miniature figure; miniature model

1

in detail; with great care; completely; fully

2

penetration; permeation; transmission

4

has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)

2

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

4

power of description; descriptive powers; ability to describe

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

1

short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

1

long

1

speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech

5

racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere

4

second (in a series)

4

perspective

2

opposite side; other side

1

nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; nested structure; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted by a parent of a deceased child

1

reduced scale; scaling down

1

full-length mirror

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deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed

8

to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

2

advance; moving forward; progress

2

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

3

to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

4

coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

2

point-blank range

3

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

6

impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing

2

to envelop; to blanket; to cloak

1

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

1

several times; once or twice

1

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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