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dawn; daybreak

3

imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

3

several years; a few years

1

roof

1

two groups; two bands

2

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

1

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

second floor; upstairs

2

window

5

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

2

looks; features

2

to change; to shift; to come and go

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

2

pebble

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

1

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

2

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

1

pure heart; naivete; innocence

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

every evening; night after night

1

Kélo, Chad

1

plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

2

bow; bowing

2

gently; airily; fluffily

1

impression

1

closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family

1

(younger) sister

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

to blush; to redden

1

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

1

relation; relationship

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

4

sisters

2

older sister

1

marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

2

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

1