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easy-to-understand

1

allegory; fable; parable

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

3

only; sole; unique

1

bright; intelligent

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

1

exception

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pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

2

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

2

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

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both hands

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talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk

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such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

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counter for (school) periods; nth period

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

Sun

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visiting or office hours

1

go home; get out

1

to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)

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emotional; sentimental

1

for the first time in one's life

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

2

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)

1

to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

1

one room

1

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

1

hardness; stiffness

2

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

1

contrastive

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before long; even now

2

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

blood relationship

2

blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

1

beyond that point; after that

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exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

1

that's the way it is; such is life

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since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life

1