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yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

3

to order; to command; to appoint

5

paper bag

4

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

5

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

2

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

6

(someone else's) child; child; kid

6

slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy

1

Rilke

1

complete works; complete collection; complete series

1

first edition

1

poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

2

out of print

1

pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

to mean

3

collection of books; (personal) library

2

great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

origin; fundamental element

1

to overeat

2

(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous

3

diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

2

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

23

chasing after women; womanizing

1

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

2

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

7

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

1

liberated woman

1

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

2

and; although; but

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

5

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

2

to grumble; to make difficulties

2

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

22

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

1

tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

1

spite; frustration; vexation

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

4

elasticity; flexibility

1

calvaria; area at top of head; parietal

1

same sex

4

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

2

large statured; tall

2

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

1

plan; design; layout

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

3