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by your leave; with your permission

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future; possible; potential; prospective

13

(doing something) in tears

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

apparently; appears to be

1

stationery shop; a stationer

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

1

unreasonable demand

2

amusing; funny; interesting

1

to step back; to walk backwards

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

4

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

default

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

3

calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

1

creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

1

trespassing; intrusion

1

(words to) that effect

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

swizzle stick; stir stick; cocktail stirrer

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

4

store interior; inside of a shop

14

one's school; school one attends or works at

1

to disperse; to take a castle

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

empirical; from experience

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

2

wishful thinking

1

deceitful; cruel

1

coherence; order; focus; point

1

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

2

clapping hands; applause

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

2

being startled; getting a shock

1

opening and shutting; opening and closing

2

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

2

big; large; great

2

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

1

middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife

2

in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

6

alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following

1

veil of darkness; curtain of night

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taxi

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