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distant seas

1

solitary island

1

serial murders

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

first half

1

offender; criminal; culprit

2

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

quiz

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

second half; latter half

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

5

spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

3

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

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

6

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

2

raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season

1

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

1

to look forward to something

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

7

one room

1

(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)

1

applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

1

call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder

1

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

2

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

5

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

1

having said that; be that as it may

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

1

distribution; allotment

1

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

1

the front

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

2

time; labour; labor

2

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

4

rest; break; recess; intermission

3

three; 3

4

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

2

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

4

considerably; greatly; a lot

3

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

3