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2

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

3

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

1

feeling; mood

5

word; vocabulary

1

meaning; significance; sense

4

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

5

large number (of); many; majority

2

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

19

reading and writing

1

all; every

3

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

8

social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate

1

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

4

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

16

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

12

among (them); of (them)

1

to laugh scornfully

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

4

because; as; since

2

when; at what point

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

gentle-mannered

1

left; left hand side

2

behind; in the rear; in back

3

to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

1

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

1

to go back

2

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

1

lord; master

1

exactly opposite (of)

2

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

5

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

6

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

1

please

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

with a momentary flash of light

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

3

to stiffen; to become stiff

1