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as if nothing had happened

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

3

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

2

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

to turn right; to turn to the right

2

detour; circumvention; turning movement

2

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

2

gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

country-bred; raised in the country

1

spring water

1

watering hole; watering place

2

edge of a street

1

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

1

running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

1

sediment; earth and sand

1

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

4

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

1

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

3

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

one machine; one vehicle

1

(horse-drawn) cab; gharry; fiacre

8

left side; left-hand side

1

window frame; sash

1

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

1

to roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc.); to tuck up; to pull up

1

attendant; valet; servant; follower

12

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

1

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

3

each; (arch.) you (plural)

1

rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

1

to hurry; to hasten

1

to turn left; to turn to the left

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

to bring back

2

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

2

passenger

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

mother and child

2

fellow passenger

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness

2

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

3

roadside; wayside

1

to spit

1

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work

1