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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

1

several weeks; a few weeks

1

private (e-1) (US)

3

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

2

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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(written) petition

3

punishment; penalty

1

last night; yesterday evening

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

civil official

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to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

2

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1

prize; award; reward

2

viscount

3

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

1

high society

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

1

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

5

neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

1

damage; injury; loss

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

demand for; request

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to accept; to receive; to agree

4

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

3

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

5

to be appointed to a rank

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

2

to head home; to leave for home

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

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that day; the very same day

3

afternoon; p.m.

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

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short hair

2

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

3

various

2

travel; trip; journey

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each time

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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