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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

3

discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

2

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

1

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

2

comma; decimal point; radix point

1

two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

3

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

while; during (the time when)

2

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

2

thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

2

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

3

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

2

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

wave; ups and downs

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

to force back; to jostle

1

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

2

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

to escape; to run away

6

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

3

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

to cling to; to embrace

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

1

with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

2

inorganic substance

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

first kiss

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

1

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

the other day; lately; recently

1