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immorality; iniquity; impropriety

2

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

to bear fruit

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

vulgar; coarse; lowbrow

1

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

1

to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse

1

reader

3

character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae

4

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

2

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

intelligence

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

2

(feeling of) hunger

1

everyone; one and all

1

self-assertion

2

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

2

to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

after a short pause

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

1

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

2

to be heartbroken; to have one's heart break; to be overwhelmed with grief

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love

1

to go on reading

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)

1

pistol; handgun

4

a (single) moment; an instant

2

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

1

(another's) son

1

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

2

to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

3

muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake

1

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

1

moonlight; moonbeam

2

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2