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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

brave; heroic; gallant

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

inquisitiveness

1

to continue to receive

1

treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

preparations for returning (home)

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

2

inevitable; necessary

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

4

red hair; ginger hair

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

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

1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

1

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

3

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

3

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

3

to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

2

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

1

failed student; student required to repeat a year

1

far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

3

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

4

cough; ahem

1

not caring; not giving a damn

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

recovery; restoration

1

growth period; growing season

1

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

4

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

school bag; school satchel

2

one hand

2

full of; brimming with

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

put; place; leave; do (in preparation)

1