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distinctive; characteristic

2

to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish

1

in all

2

highest grade; top class

1

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

2

(full-length) novel; long novel

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

2

(wandering) minstrel; troubadour

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

2

plan; blueprint

1

part; component

2

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

1

building; structure

1

transparent view; perspective drawing

1

well-balanced; considerate; of fine character

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book

1

point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

1

to add (e.g. a postscript)

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

writing a musical score

1

hundreds

1

withering of vegetation in winter; winter decay; winter-blight; bleakness of winter; business slump in winter (esp. in February)

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

1

respectable; decent

1

(social) class; rank; grade

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession

1

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

8

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

2

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

tombstone; gravestone

5

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

to step over or across; to overcome

1

small hill; low hill; hillock

1

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

6

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

1

castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart

1

history; pedigree; lineage

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

2

introduction; introductory part; lead

5

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

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