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image; figure; figure; form; image

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

book

1

dozens; scores of; decades

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

3

morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

7

worship (esp. Christian); (church) service

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

5

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

2

built-in; fixed; attached

1

bench

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to hand (over); to deliver in person

1

leather-covered

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

title

2

first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least

2

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

8

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

3

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

old; olden

2

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

8

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

1

preface; foreword; preamble

1

to be the case that

3

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

a certain ...; some ...

5

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

1

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

narrative-like structure; narrative style

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

feeling good; feeling pleasant

1

to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

1

to go on reading

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

2

tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)

2

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

4

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

2

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

(one's) late mother

1