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well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized

2

Hollywood star

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Marree (Australia); Marley

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author; writer; novelist; artist

2

secrecy; keeping secret

1

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

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

2

twitching

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

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script; libretto; scenario

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ad lib; ad-lib

2

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

2

black clothes

1

to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

6

bitter enemy

1

don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control

1

descendant

3

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

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cause; origin

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audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl

3

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

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to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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to rebuke strongly; to tell off

1

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

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to cross one's legs

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

cost of a ticket; price of a ticket

1

repayment

2

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

4

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

4

decoration

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

long-term

2

bulk; volume; quantity

1

type of industry

1

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

4

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

2

Japan

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executive vice-president

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celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

2

inspection; observation

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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