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the place for; the time for; the level of

3

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

relative; relation

1

tidying up; finishing

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

2

lounge; common room

3

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint

2

anxiety; worry; fear

2

to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

1

to move forward; to move on

1

course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

1

using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

1

professional relationship ender

1

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

2

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

2

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

3

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

boyfriend; he; him

5

history of; experience of

3

virgin; maiden

3

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

to explain the situation

1

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

tourist

5

like that; that way

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

3

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

2

formal marriage interview

1

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

1

like a lord

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

2

personal grudge; personal enmity

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)

1

as soon as; right after

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

2

our country; our land; one's own country

6

motto

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

3

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

9

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

2

romance; love's pathway

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

2

reason; cause; circumstances

2

looking on (somebody) as hostile

1