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past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

2

women's dormitory

1

illicit sexual relationship

1

friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

2

breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

2

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

3

meeting place

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

2

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

aging; wearing out; deterioration

1

studio apartment; studio flat

1

belligerence; fighting spirit

1

palm (of one's hand)

11

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

1

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

Gouin

1

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

1

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

1

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

1

to quicken one's pace (steps)

2

flight; desertion; escape

1

to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

1

terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)

5

arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

1

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

3

to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into

1

dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

1

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

1

wavy hair

1

death; the next world; to pass away; to die

2

this much; this amount

1

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

3

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

5

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

2

sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

15

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1