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Santa Claus

1

aha!; yes sir

2

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

4

Santa; Santa Claus

1

midwinter

1

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

1

forest; woods

1

rocky mountain

1

castle

1

isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)

2

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

2

formation (e.g. of aircraft)

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

nameless; anonymous; without name

1

rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)

1

damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh

1

dilapidated house; deserted house

1

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

nature; Mother Nature

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

5

a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

2

fourth

1

to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects

2

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

4

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

2

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

1

food self-sufficiency rate

1

working in agriculture

1

political measures; policy

1

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

every place; various places

1

place of residence; dwelling place

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

town; city; municipal; urban

2

sudden price jump; steep price rise

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

3

civil war

1

Africa

1

India

1

Madagascar

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

2

lemur

1