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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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what sort; what kind

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love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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to be at a loss for words

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blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

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the exact opposite

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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so much; so; like that

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

3

if it's the case

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inside one's heart; in one's mind

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reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

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to be reliable

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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everything; anything; nothing

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experience

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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seedling; young plant; rice seedling

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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here I am; I'm home!

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oh!; oh?; my!

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to miss a chance; to fail to do

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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kitchen

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just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

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rather; better; instead; if anything

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

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liking; taste; choice

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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grasp; catch; understanding

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love letter

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

2

young; youthful

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princess

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

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to hear a rumor; to get wind of

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land near a castle; castle town

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street; quarter; district; area

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stationery store; stationery shop; stationer's

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ink

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old woman

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pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)

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