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to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

5

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

7

(sense of) taste; palate

1

every meal

1

déjà vu

4

since some time or another; since who-knows-when

1

occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

2

seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating

2

what; what?; hey!

2

neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

1

modernization; modernisation

1

a period (of time)

3

high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

1

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

3

to build a house

1

unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional

2

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

2

generation

1

inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic

2

urbanization; urbanisation

1

compared with

6

personality-wise; by nature; characteristic

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

4

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

2

cheerful; lively; lighthearted

1

to buy as a gift

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

4

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

good boy; good girl

1

stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill

10

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

7

true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

6

proud; haughty; arrogant

3

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

matter of time; question of time

1

to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

26

tension; strain

1

to take one's eyes off

2

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

3

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

6

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

5

great haste; mad rush

1

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

2

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

3

conjugal relations; conjugal affection

2

marital relationship; marital relations

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

2