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to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

2

you; dear; honey

14

failure story; horror story

1

sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system

1

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking

1

notice; notification; memorandum; circular

1

to be gossiped about

1

Belgium

1

port city; harbor city; harbour city

1

moon

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

1

conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment

1

First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

1

poison gas

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

1

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

2

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

1

soldier

1

calamity; disaster; catastrophe

1

body

4

bronze

11

high fever; pyro-

2

path; lane

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)

1

yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

what's what; heads or tails

3

lifework; life's work

1

natural history

6

planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

6

collector

1

several years standing; over several years

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

our country; our land; one's own country

1

during a stay

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

2

light and darkness; light and shade

1

both extremes

1

aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)

2

title; caption; heading

6

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

long; (for a) long time

1

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

1

last year

1

or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

2

donation; presentation; gift

1