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preparations for a journey

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

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literature

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stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

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portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

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leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

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nesting hole; burrow; den

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dead of night; shades of night; black of night

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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several boats

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passenger ship

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flood of emotions; many thoughts

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to show one's affection; to express one's love

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Island; insula; island; islet

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inattention; distraction; mind-wandering

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bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant

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sharp; clear

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tear gland; lacrimal gland

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to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

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Maeterlinck

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bluebird of happiness

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chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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being in love with each other

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travelling alone; solitary journey

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alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child

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baseless; groundless

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drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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the second ...

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postwar

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years later

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outward; superficial; external; apparent

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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prologue; preface

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the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

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odds and ends; all; every

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best ... of one's life

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world situation; world affairs

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riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

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to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

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(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

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to keep to oneself; to keep secret

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worm

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to call in; to invite; to bring in

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