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professional duties

2

must-read (book); required reading

2

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

to be excited; to be elated

1

baby; infant

4

investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

6

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

1

patronage; protection

3

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

1

character information; character data; textual data

1

person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world

1

settling down; quieting down; cooling down; stillness; quiet; tranquility

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

mental anguish; mental distress

1

partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall

1

suitably; properly; duly; as you see fit; as you think best

1

criminal psychology

1

Chamberlain; Chamberlayne

12

special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment

1

adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter

1

lower house; lower legislative chamber

1

propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes

1

Cazeau

3

to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom

1

(courteous) invitation; call

1

to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

1

retirement; resignation

2

honorary position

1

to show in; to usher in

2

legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

2

to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount

3

to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)

1

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

1

slow-witted; dull; slow on the uptake

1

feeling of envy; jealous feeling

2

vitrification

1

rampancy; prevalence; domination

1

danger zone

3

scale; wing scale

2

perch; barstool

1

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

3

electrophone; electronic musical instrument

1

physiology

1

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)

1

musical

1

sports ground; playing field; playground

2

stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

outer garment

1

to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)

1