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thereupon; shortly thereafter

3

spread

1

origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

3

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

1

makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder

1

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

1

book; register

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

arbitrary

3

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart

3

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

to put on the brakes; to put a stop to

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

1

to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

1

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

3

great haste; mad rush

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

4

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

(private) study room

2

library (usu. single-room); small library

4

megalomania; delusions of grandeur

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

2

balloon vine; Cardiospermum halicacabum

55

patient; persevering

1

heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles

1

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

1

empty lot; vacant plot of land

1

lip balm; chapstick

1

to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

1

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

1

conspiracy; collusion

1

for many days; for several days

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

addition; appendix; supplement; postscript

2

ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia

1

elapsed time

1

perception; sensation; awareness

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

breathing; respiration

3

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

to pluck; to pick; to tear

2