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show tent; circus tent; freak show

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

1

quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

4

that sort of; like that

1

horseplay; fooling around

1

one year and a half

2

southern part; the south (of a region)

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

2

birth; creation; formation

2

news; word; tidings; omen

1

personal affair; one's own affair

1

festival merrymaking; revelry

1

engagement; betrothal

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

9

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

to grow old; to age

1

that is to say; so that means

2

to pass; to pass by

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

movements; sitting and standing

1

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

2

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

2

diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted

1

(one's parents') home

1

festivals; feasts

1

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

1

return; welcome home

1

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

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

party venue; place for a party; banquet hall

1

to make an appearance; to show up

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

3

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

2

surely; certainly; without doubt

2

to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

baby

1

without a moment's delay

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

2

baby; infant

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

scandal

2

to discuss; to talk together

1

influential man; boss

2

partner

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1