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scenery; scene; landscape

3

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

environment; circumstance

1

shithead; bastard

1

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

to strike out; to start swimming

1

colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

2

spine (of book); binding (of book)

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

4

to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

1

Hayakawa

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

1,000; one thousand

1

light year

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

1

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

1

cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue

1

coffee

1

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

1

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

piece

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

2

novel; (short) story

3

mother and child

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover

1

short (e.g. story, film)

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

1

description; account

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

to be perfectly clear

1

level ground; horizon; field of view

2

brilliant; bright; dazzling

2

to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

2

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

to bury in the ground

1

to dig out; to pick up

1

a few hours

1

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

2

percent; percentage

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to distribute; to hand out

1

to blow down upon

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

9

to grow numb with cold

1