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as soon as possible

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

3

to reattach

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

1

fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date

1

bell (often globular)

1

to get used to hearing

1

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

1

second floor; upstairs

2

to hide oneself

1

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

1

being good at being spoiled; being good at using puppy-dog eyes; person who is good at getting others to spoil them

2

room; apartment; flat

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

4

your husband; her husband

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

1

holiday; day off

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

6

morning and evening; all the time; always; every day

2

reply; answer

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

2

schedule; program; programme; agenda

1

matter of time; question of time

3

to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

1

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

1

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

1

sincere; honest; faithful

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

2

way of asking; way of listening; listener

1

water's surface

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

1

bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

3

unqualified; without qualifications

1

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

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 be at a loss for words

1

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

1

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

1