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rising novelist

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(written) work; book; writings

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

machine oil

1

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

1

binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

13

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

1

blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

3

printer

1

printing

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unusual book

1

to be surprised; to be astonished

20

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

6

to fade; to become dim

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

6

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

2

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

3

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

2

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

5

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

3

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

2

these

4

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

Russia

1

break in the deadlock

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

female prisoner; female convict

1

personal history; career

4

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

2

first step

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

nephew

1

university student; college student

19

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

5

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

1

to bloom in profusion

2

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

7

kiss; kissing

1

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

7

dead leaf; dry leaves

2

bookmark; guidebook

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

each; every

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