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still; even now; to this day

2

counter for people

2

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

2

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

2

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

forest; woods

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

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

1

interior design; interior; upholstery

1

modest; reserved

1

as one promised

1

almost; roughly; approximately

2

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest

1

to make an appearance

2

to feel depressed; to be down

1

cooperation; collaboration

3

without

1

forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

1

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

1

very likely; very probable

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

health resort

3

foster mother; adoptive mother

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

2

two weeks; fortnight

1

warm water

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

4

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

2

point in time; occasion

2

obvious; undeniable

2

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

3

to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

speaking voice; talking voice

3

to head towards; to direct one's steps to

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

2

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

1