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to feel as though ...

1

riverbank; riverside

4

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

imaginary

1

laughing foolishly; cackling

2

tactics; strategy

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

3

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

3

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

7

to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

2

(as alike as) two peas in a pod

1

with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)

1

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

2

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

6

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

dispersing; vanishing

2

without leaving any trace

2

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

2

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

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

3

had better do so

2

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

3

to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

4

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

11

since then

1

the way one talks; one's way of speaking

4

whether or not

2

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

2

reason; right

3

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

5

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

3

to repent; to be penitent

1

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

3

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

chasing after women; womanizing

2

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

3

near; close; beside; third person

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

2

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)

1

construction; establishment

1

polish; refinement

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1