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member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

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election; selection; choice

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as is usual with; in common with

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Sherlock Holmes

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D'Artagnan

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

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(arch.) sixteen

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college; courage

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studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study

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study; pursuit of knowledge

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young literary enthusiast

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to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

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mystery

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historic; historical; traditional

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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to write a novel

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to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

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reputation; public opinion

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New York

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maiden work; debut work

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British person

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

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home; family; household

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

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Doyle

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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migration; immigration

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exceedingly; very

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

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president (of a society); chairman

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John Dickson Carr

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real name

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to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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in someone (else's) name

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Fell; Fer

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name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext

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commencing with; including

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gallows

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skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

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waxwork; wax model

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great detective

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deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill

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