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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

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

7

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

2

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

every night

1

sleep

2

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

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single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

5

miracle; wonder; marvel

3

air pocket

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

2

to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

2

den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair

2

private room

1

away

2

the reason is ...; it is because ...

2

bitter enemy

1

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

2

reaction; response; reaction

4

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

2

question; inquiry; enquiry

6

to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

2

listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing

1

according to (someone)

1

God; god; ace; king; superior person

4

high fever; pyro-

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

3

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle

2

to disappear; to vanish

1

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

1

to escape from; to get out

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

6

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

1

sleepiness; drowsiness

5

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

9

evening meal; dinner

7

reconstruction

2

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

1

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

5

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

evening meal

2

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1