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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

4

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

4

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

2

commando unit

1

secret information; intelligence

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

1

several people; a few people

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rarely; seldom

2

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1

to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)

2

spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety

6

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

2

to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

1

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

1

to hide oneself

1

impersonal

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

acquaintance

2

black lustre; black luster

1

leather pants; leather trousers

1

rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

1

leather jacket

1

bare skin; naked skin

1

(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

3

ant

1

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

a few words

2

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

3

to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

2

to erase all trace of something

1

to step forward; to volunteer

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

who; what kind of person

6

eye-witness; witness

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1