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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

2

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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worthlessness

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inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

3

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

1

palm (of one's hand)

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

both parties; both sides

2

(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid

1

a few hours

2

to suffer a loss

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

to straighten oneself

1

content of a letter

4

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

4

useless; futile; vain

3

site; point on a map; spot

1

shall; should; must

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

step; stride; counter for steps

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

to like; to prefer

1

I pray; I wish

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

6

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

6

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

review; rehearsal

3

what time; (lit.) which hour

6

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

8

together with ...

1

should do; ought to do

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

3

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

maybe; could be; might

1

list price; regular price; established price

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

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to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

1

rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty

2

message

3

many; a multiplicity of

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fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

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impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

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