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to wish to go well; to have good intentions

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sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

to settle (a dispute)

1

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

7

jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece

1

giga-; 10^9; gigabyte; GB; data traffic (esp. on mobile phone)

3

beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article

3

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

3

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

1

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

5

letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

5

copier paper; photocopying paper

1

content of a letter

2

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

1

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

1

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

3

Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

3

side

2

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

2

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

5

general; popular; common; typical

2

however; nevertheless

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

persecution; oppression

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

2

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

opinion; intention; thought

1

private; personal

1

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

1

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

1

tone; manner of speaking

2

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

3

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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in the same manner as before; the same as always

6

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

2

smile

4

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

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pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

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