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air-raid alarm

1

evening; dusk

2

children's park; children's playground

1

returning home

2

midnight; 12am

1

siren

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

2

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

groan; moan; moaning

1

woman; female; feminine gender

9

small; little; tiny

3

singing voice; (sound of) singing

1

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

1

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

auditory hallucination

2

loneliness; desolateness

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

5

physical disorder

1

house; hall; building

1

naming; christening

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

4

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

2

to pay attention (to)

3

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

9

was

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

2

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

6

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

2

duty; role; function

9

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers

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cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

1

perfect tense

1

progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

4

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

2

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

3

faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit

1

both sides

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

2

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

3

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

3

A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

1

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

1

switching over to; migration; transition

2

while; even though; despite

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