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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief

1

to try all possible means

1

in all

2

witnessing; observing; sighting

2

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

1

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

2

pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

1

devilish; diabolical

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

3

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

1

magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

5

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

3

tonight; this evening

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

1

to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall

1

to feel hungry; to get hungry

1

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

1

(in) one's absence

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

1

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

1

to hang (something) on the wall

1

Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

2

all you want; as much as one wants

3

oil

1

with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech

1

luckily; happily

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

3

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

5

noise; sound

1

seeing in the dark; night vision

1

to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

1

to obtain evidence

2

so far as

2

during the war

1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

1

reuse; recycling

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

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