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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

to crouch; to squat; to cower

3

face contorted and about to cry

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

2

superiority complex; sense of superiority

3

to pick up; to find; to gather

4

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

7

tear-stained face

3

to sniffle; to snivel

2

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

6

tearful voice

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

3

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

3

shade of tree; bower

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

nightlife districts; drinking districts

3

open at night

9

to hang (something) on the wall

3

switch

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

huge; gargantuan

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

2

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

for many days; for several days

2

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

leader of a charge; first to arrive

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

1

to be well-known

1

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

to settle (a dispute)

1

always; usually

2

a quarrel; argument

1

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

to return; to come back

6

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

2

youthful; young; young-looking

2

war of words

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

2

successively; one after another

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

old friend; familiar face

6

chance meeting

1

even

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1