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Dalton

5

old story; reminiscence

1

principal occupation; core business

1

chance; opportunity

4

to continue to do; to persist in doing

3

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

6

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

1

both; (not) either

4

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

1

balance

6

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

workshop; studio; atelier

2

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

2

abyss; ravine

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

3

marrow; pith; centre; center; bottom of one's heart

1

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

2

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

1

to the end; to the last

11

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

1

summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

6

devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism

1

mysticism

1

viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

1

magician; conjurer

10

distinction

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

3

one by one; one after another; successively

1

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

1

tyrant; despot

1

realistic; pragmatic

2

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

1

werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia

1

Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)

1

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

1

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

1

unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

1

thinking back now

4

conversely; on the contrary

2

Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

1

myself

1

ten; 10; ten years of age

3

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

5