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look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

1

to await; to expect

1

secret; secrecy

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

1

works cited; references

1

this piece; this work

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

3

motif

3

quotation; citation; reference

2

original story; original version; this volume

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

first appearance

3

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

7

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

upstairs

1

bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS

2

supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon

2

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

5

not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

5

to collect; to assemble; to gather

6

thread (of execution); thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation

6

reprinting; reproduction

3

creature

1

big snake; serpent

2

role-playing game; RPG

1

Dragons (baseball team)

1

same name; homonym

1

partial

1

Mashup (music)

1

above-mentioned; above-named; above

1

home area; home town; local

3

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

authenticity; credibility

1

within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

1

beginning; start; outset

1

is something that; is that which

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage

2

chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub

3

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

2

the same; the said; likewise

1

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

2

two or three

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

end; close; termination

1

now; nowadays

1