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taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

liar; fibber

1

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

2

human; human-like; as a person

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

to pamper; to spoil

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

2

breathing of a sleeping person

3

coming home from school

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to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

1

extremely; highly

4

late at night; small hours of the morning

2

bookshop; bookstore

2

treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

1

comic books; comics; comic; comical

1

over-familiar

2

policewoman

12

hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)

2

hot water (for drinking); tea; bath; bathhouse

1

arrogant; haughty; insolent

2

antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene

1

passing by

2

peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

1

sex offender

2

shameless; infamous; disgraceful

1

to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

1

younger sister

3

body; body blow (in boxing)

2

molester; groper; masher; pervert

4

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

2

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

1

unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune

1

hereabouts; around here

1

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

4

even if; even though; if

1

roundhouse kick; turning kick

1

depending on the answer; hinging on the reply

1

guidance; protective custody

1

tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit

2

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

2

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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