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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

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indicates emotion

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(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

2

established fact; fait accompli

1

self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

to lick off; to take (something) off by licking

2

motivation

2

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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rough sketch

7

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

7

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

one machine; one vehicle

2

price; value; cost

2

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

4

repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success

1

graduation ceremony; commencement

4

gulpingly; in one gulp

2

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

2

all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

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title; index; heading; headline; caption

1

languid; listless

5

ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor

1

lady; noblewoman

1

modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition

1

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

4

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

2

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

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six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference

2

there, there

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to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

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to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

2

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

2

holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary

3

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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divine; sublime; solemn

3

to begin to

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wicked; evil

3

economical; bargain; good value; good-value

3

orange (fruit, colour)

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moment by moment; hour by hour

2

lighting; writing

1

dim; gloomy

2

mood

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to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

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