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true character; real nature

2

left end; left edge

1

child's room; nursery

2

study desk

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

2

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

1

to fetch; to go and get

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

2

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

1

teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist

1

mongrel; cur; mutt

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

3

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

5

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

way of calling (something or someone)

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

2

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

2

(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure

2

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

inlet; cove; creek; bay

1

there is nothing; having nothing

2

incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

1

to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

4

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

who; what kind of person

2

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

(silk) gauze

1

in pieces

1

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

2

stone (used for throwing)

1

to interweave

1

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

1