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to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

2

attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

1

ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person

1

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

4

handmade

2

to comb one's hair

3

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

3

to whistle

1

to let down one's hair; to undo hair

1

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

2

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

2

watchdog; chaperone; watcher

2

to giggle

1

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

2

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

2

day by day

2

end; close

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

3

inspection; examination; checking

8

how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage

1

rivers

1

wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

1

insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)

1

crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly

2

of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

1

grim face

1

to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice

1

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

2

chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

6

revisiting; visiting again

1

(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

1

stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

6

loan

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

3

to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

2

well-mannered; courteous

2

significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive

1

to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

widow

2

womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

1

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

1

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

11

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

1

in detail; with great care; completely; fully

5