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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

3

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

2

butterfly

16

bloodstone

5

stock; inventory

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

8

olden days; former

13

complexion; colour; color; blood red

4

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

4

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

2

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

7

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

7

to spread one's wings

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

2

fundamental; basic

5

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

vitality; (one's) life force

2

excessive; immoderate

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

to gush out

1

time passes

2

pebble

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

11

catalyst

5

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

4

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

rarely; seldom

2

origin; source; exit; point of departure; time to take action

2

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

2

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

3

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

4

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

15

one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress

5

to come and go; to go back and forth

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

to be free; to be available

1

duty; role; function

3

chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses

1

observant eye

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

9

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

4

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

2

hence; for that reason

9

to employ; to hire; to charter

1