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lights-out time

2

room light; interior light

1

blanket

5

to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

2

drowsily; nodding off

1

Jack Dempsey

1

yawn; yawning

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep

1

lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

3

cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

exchange; conversion

1

Finding Neverland

1

clock; watch; timepiece

6

crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark

4

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

1

to grimace; to frown

1

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

joke

2

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

1

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

1

novel; (short) story

3

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

1

publication

1

reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

1

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

English (language)

2

reading and writing

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

2

in one's own way or style

1

cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

1

fluent (in a language); flowing

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

god of death; death deity; Death

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

to pass; to pass by

1

ringing; sound

1

to pause; to have a short intermission

1

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

1

fricative; fricative consonant

1

right beside; close to; nearby

2

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1