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quotation; abstract; selection; summary

1

to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

1

pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue

1

celebratory banquet; feast

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

Bayreuth

6

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

1

Citizens' Band; CB (radio); convertible bond; chronic bronchitis; chemical and biological (weapons); center back; community business

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

audience; spectator; spectators

1

Haintsu; Heintz

2

Klose

1

Laurents; Lorencz

1

Voelcker

1

Prohaska

1

personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

4

tension; mental strain; nervousness

1

member of a theatrical troupe

2

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

1

essence; extract

1

interlude; intermezzo

1

to be ahead of

1

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

1

The Merry Widow

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

sales; demand

1

gramophone; phonograph

1

love; adoration

1

solo instrument

2

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

2

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

2

the times

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

trumpet; horn; bugle

5

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

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

mica; isinglass

2

low tone; bass; low voice

4

voluminous; massive; bulky

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

2

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

2

arrangement; disposition

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

11

merely for form's sake

2