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electric light

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

2

to pamper; to spoil

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

5

puddle; pool of water

3

baton

1

to machine; to cut; to scrape

1

MagLite; Maglite

3

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

plastic umbrella

3

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

2

optical axis (of a lens, spherical mirror, etc.); optic axis (of a crystal)

1

unsteady steps; bobbing

1

jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise

1

phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

1

women's dormitory

2

slightly; faintly

2

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

street at night; making a night journey

2

sound of a button or switch being pressed

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

1

sleeping bag

1

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

2

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

2

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

2

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

2

go home; get out

2

killing time; staving off boredom

1

momentous (crucial) decision

1

administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor

2

boyfriend; he; him

3

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

2

treating someone like a child

1

next year

1

faltering; hesitation

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

private ownership

1

to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own

3

living by oneself; living alone

1

of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

1

in a circle (ring)

3

to laugh away; to laugh off

3

both ears

1

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1