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avant-garde

2

airflow; air flow; air volume

1

quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake

1

best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

1

suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death

1

full impact; packing a punch

1

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

inverted word; verlan

1

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

8

thrilling

2

freediving; free-diving; skin diving

3

quick and decisive; fast and daring

5

(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ

52

straying; wandering (off course)

4

sightseeing flight

4

Inheritance Cycle

1

to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

1

mediation; intercession; smoothing over

1

pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way

1

originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

5

straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

1

carrier

1

tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit

1

to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get

1

to go with the flow; to go with the times

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

1

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

2

common raccoon (Procyon lotor)

4

patience; endurance; perseverance

4

real experience; actual observations

1

to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)

1

bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

2

wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

2

(one's) mother

1

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

1

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

breathtaking; thrilling

2

conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit

11

cry of a goose

1

thinking back now; looking back

2

elderly nobleman

131

narrow escape from death

2

special; TV special

9

narrowly averting death

1

nine lives (of a cat)

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

4

to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die

2

mother; wife

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1