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walls have ears

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

12

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

12

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

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a hard time; pains

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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(power of) imagination

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to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

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trifling; trivial

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to happen to pass by

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to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

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to blacken; to darken

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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suggestion; hint; implication

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determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will

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aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

8

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

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on the line; borderline

2

triangle (musical instrument); triangle (shape)

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round dance; dancing in a circle

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rondo

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illustration (e.g. book); picture

4

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

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love story

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literature

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at one's fancy (whim)

3

children

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to swarm; to gather

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking

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natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

2

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

2

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

2

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

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as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

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basketball club

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one scene (e.g. in a movie)

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to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

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can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

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waste of time; killing time

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hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

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know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

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