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why yes, thank you

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

5

to smile

2

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

1

established practice; custom

2

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

2

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

2

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

3

raw materials

1

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

2

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

3

to return; to come back

1

holiday; day off

1

caffeine

1

poisoning; addiction

2

sunshine; sunlight

2

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

5

unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

2

what day; how many days

1

ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to go underground; to go into hiding

2

even

7

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

2

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

4

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

3

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

6

every year; yearly; annually

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

3

to be erected; to be built

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

2

comparatively; relatively

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

academy; academia

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

this year

1

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

24

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

1

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

1

green hand; novice

1

to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden

1

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1