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to attract interest; to get attention to appeal

3

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

4

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

date and time

1

incident; affair; happening; event

15

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

18

to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

1

(with a) start; fright; alarm

1

to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture

2

photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

6

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

3

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

2

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

8

such ... as; or some such

10

elder sister; older female friend

2

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

2

to sob

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

9

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

4

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

5

foolishness; silliness

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

2

to be the ruin of (a person)

1

wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants

2

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

2

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

11

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

crybaby; blubberer

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

13

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

4

crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure

5

to crumble away; to collapse

2

holiday; day off

10

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

2

developer

2

liking; taste; choice

7

owner

3

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

7

storehouse; bunker; silo

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

4

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

2

naturally; of course; understandably

1

every kind; all sorts

1

lamp; light

3

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1