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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

4

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

one eyebrow

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

older brother

5

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

1

ultramarine

1

since; this person

2

about this time

2

loyalty; faithfulness

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

2

indigo-tinged grey (gray)

4

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

5

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

2

to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

4

unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

2

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

14

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

2

operation (working) of the mind

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

1

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

2

formal

1

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

1

had better do so

2

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

faltering; hesitation

3

to shut up; to imprison

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

6

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

1

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1

the following week; the next week

1

upper limit; supremum

2

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

1

shy; a very shy person

1

private affairs; personal matter

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

1

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

2