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tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

6

younger sister

6

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

manly; boyish

1

lack of self-reliance; depending on others

1

to ask a high price; to overcharge

2

third daughter

1

saying too much

1

fourth-born daughter

2

to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

1

fifth daughter

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

25

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

what's what; heads or tails

3

because; as; since

44

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

5

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

14

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

153

surely; certainly

52

we; us

10

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

9

but; however; although

101

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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I; me

29

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

senior high school student

12

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

4

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

15

child

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no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

43

class

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(committee) chairman; president

16

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

4

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

22

to be reliable

9

distant look; faraway look

2

to recall; to remember; to recollect

8

olden days; former

6

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

4

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

5

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

14

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

4

problem-solving

1

because of; owing to; due to

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