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step by step; by degrees

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

4

calls and sounds made by insects

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

2

maximum; extreme; utmost

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

2

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

2

foliage; leaves of trees

4

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

11

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

4

big; large; great

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to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

3

thicket; coppice; brushwood

3

to push aside; to push one's way through

3

trackless path

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

4

beyond that point; after that

3

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

memory; ability to remember

1

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

fog; mist; spray

2

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

1

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

abrupt; sudden

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

building

1

to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid

1

roof

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

2

golden (colour, color)

3

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

1

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

approximate age; age range

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

2

looks; features

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even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

1