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boy; son; baby boy; young man

3

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

1

mixed race; mixed parentage

1

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

wandering people; nomadic tribe

1

public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

contempt; derision; slight; disdain

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

3

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move

1

different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

1

criminal; culprit

1

to expel; to drive out

6

to gather together

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

4

to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

1

mercenary (soldier)

2

bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

2

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

to be at a loss for words

1

to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm

1

earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

2

to cheer; to jeer; to mock

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

2

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

2

third day of the month; three days

2

after

3

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

1

at that time; in those days

2

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

1

abashment; bashfulness

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

2