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now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

2

remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm

1

to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

1

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

thus

7

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

2

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

1

forcibly; against one's will

1

summer term (e.g. school); summer period

1

male student

2

indeed; it's no wonder

1

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

1

printing

1

small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

1

auction

2

impulse buying; impulse purchase

1

electronization; digitization; computerization

1

nostalgia; homesickness

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

2

different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

2

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

real experience; actual observations

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

5

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

6

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

3

book title

1

time lag

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

5

Marquis de Sade

2

origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

1

marquis; marquess

1

monastery; convent; cloister; abbey

1

after death

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

2

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

4

if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

1

matter causing distress; something causing worry

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

2

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

1

still; even now; to this day

2

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

2