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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

2

moon; month

1

eyes of the night; eyes asleep; at night

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2

thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning

3

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

19; nineteen

3

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

4

time; season; period; phase; stage

2

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

3

partly open; in half bloom

5

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

4

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

short story; novella

2

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

mother and daughter

1

strangulation (with the hands or arms)

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

1

rear garden; back yard

1

to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)

1

Auguste

1

Dupin

2

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

4

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

3

narration

1

if; in case; supposing

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

4

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

4

general idea; concept; notion

3

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

2

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

mankind; humanity

4

treasure

5

very rich person; the super rich

1

one's possessions; ownership

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

2

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

3

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

1

decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card

1

suspicious; doubtful

10

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

touché; you've got me there

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

2